Nokia To Give Symbian Operating System Update April 12

Symbian Foundation Ports S60 Operating System to Intel Atom Platform.

The base of Symbian, a consortium of industry which develops various versions of Symbian of the operating system with an aim to create a more competing open-source of the operating system, indicated that she had managed to put in S60 communication of the operating system to the platform of atom of Intel. Potentially, this makes it possible the atom to actuate the smartphones and other mobile devices of Internet (MIDS) actuated by S60.

The types intelligent and able in the team of SOSCO (S60 on operations of customer of Symbian) have Symbian to compile via the GCC and to function now on a mother chart based by atom available immediately of Intel. It would be most interesting particularly to see of which level of interest we can produce in this port, if that includes some important associates wanting to enter and invest in the development of a solution of product, and one which makes it possible some diff�rentiateurs to come for launching on the market for consumers,� said Lee Williams, executive director of the base of Symbian.

The head of the base of Symbian claims that it did not seem reasonable to fold up netbooks or other types of GCV with platform of S60 + of atom. However, the mobile suppliers of technology could as well as develop the very new category of the products actuated by Symbian OS the processor of atom of Intel.

It is dubious if the platform of Symbian S60 needs really microprocessor x86. The software developed for S60 is the processors concerned of ARM and takes into account their constraints of execution. It is not very probable that any manufacturer of software will develop programs for one or two devices on the market actuated by Intel Atom. Nevertheless, the head of the base of Symbian claims that even the interface of S60 functions better on the atom.

I was more impressed answer of the UI and application layers higher, and could only smile when we could employ a wearing of band quickly short distance to make a call,� Mr. Williams said.

Earlier this year Nokia, the largest defender of Symbian, indicated that it was interested to make netbooks.

Operating System Installation Checklist

Before installing an Operating System for a System Unit, one must adhere to the fact that not all machines are the same and that will include software and hardware compatibilities. Aside from that, we as computer hardware servicing technicians should be able to establish a strong background in the proper procedure of installing and operating system. In some occasion, a computer technician is satisfied with the plain installation as long as it works fine. As a responsible computer hardware servicing technician, one must consider to use utilities, ensure data security is met and the computer should be properly optimized to make an ease of use for the client. We will be listing down the things a computer technician should do or check upon when installing an operating system.


Operating System Installation Checklist for Computer Technicians

1. The most important thing a computer technician should watch for is to do backup on the files. Files are worth more than the computer you are or will be fixing. It is best to secure the files of your client's computer before beginning a troubleshooting process. Ask your client what files are necessary to backup.

2. Always bring the most crucial tools specially if you are an on-call computer technician. Here are the most important tools or things an on-call technician should always bring.

a. Installers and Utility Softwares
b. External Drive (for backup storage)
c. CD ROM or preferably a DVD ROM much better if it is portable
d. SATA and IDE (both 40 and 80 pin) cables
e. Power Cable
f. PSU Checker
g. Long Philip Screw Driver
h. A set of small screw driver and a torx screw driver set as well
i. A wide bristle brush
j. Tube of thermal grease or paste
k. Rubber eraser
l. Test peripheral like a RAM or a Video Card
m. Penlight

This will all come handy with a backpack

3. Before doing an Operating System Re-installation or Installation, confirm first that the system unit really needs to have a fresh operating system. Check and verify the integrity of the RAM, Video Card, Power Supply, and the HDD before proceeding the installation.

4. After the integrity of the peripheral has been checked and has done a file backup, consider doing a driver backup if there is no Motherboard Support CD.

5. Start the OS installation.

6. After the OS installation is finished, install your motherboard and device drivers.

7. Have your HDD share some of its space for the RAM. This is virtual memory for Windows and Swap file for Linux. In Linux, you set it during installation and in Windows you set it up at the system properties.

8. Do registry optimization.

9. Have Sysedit optimized (works well with XP) by:
a. Press "Win+R" and type in "sysedit"
b. Look for the "system.ini" tab and locate [386enh]. Make a line after [386enh] by pressing "enter" then type "Irq14=4096". Do not include "" and this is CASE SENSITIVE. Save it by going to "File" then "Save".

10. Customize the Start Menu for better navigation and reduce clutter.

11. Install the necessary softwares like MS Office, Media Player Updates, Yahoo Msgr, Google Chrome, Adobe Reader and other programs.

12. Install Disk Defragmenter like SmartDefrag and Registry Defragmenter like RegCure.

13. Delete caching files by:
a. Press "Win+R"
b. Type "Prefetch" then as the windows opens, delete it by pressing "CTRL+A" then "SHIFT+Del".

14. Run Disk Defragmenter. Run it twice then restart your computer.

15. Run Registry Defragmenter. Run it twice and restart your computer.

16. Remove some unnecessary startup items (not harmful to your system)like yahoo messenger, adobe update, skype, and etc by :
a. Press "Win+R" then type "msconfig" as the System Configuration Utility window appears go to Startup tabs and uncheck the items not necessary for startup.
b. Restart your computer.

17. Perform Disk Cleanup by:
a. Press "Win+R" then type "cleanmgr" Select drive to clean. Follow the instructions provided.

18. Set or Create a System Restore Point by:
a. Press "Win+R" then type or copy this "%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui"
b. Follow the instruction provided then restart the computer

19. Disable AutoUpdates.

20. Install a known good antivirus and restart your computer.


You see, the antivirus has to be installed last. This is the method is being taught and used by the Computer Hardware Servicing NC II students. Hope this Operating System Installation Checklist can help you. Please do comment if you have to add something important to add.