I run Windows 7 for almost a year on my laptop. I like its fast processing features but I installed it as minimal as possible for energy efficient.

A few days back I had purchased the software to upgrade my PC to Windows 7 from the XP. Problems had been surfaced as expected as anytime I installed Windows. There is not compatible driver available. Although necessary drivers like Realtek, DirectX, and Nvidia can be downloaded online, I have problem with installing them.

Problems for the first two software had been resolved in few hours. But it takes me two full days to discover how to install Nvidia display driver.

Searching on the internet got me nowhere. I’d downloaded almost display drivers available on nvidia.com and cannot install them on my computer—even tried Troubleshot Compatibility.

So I look to solve it offline by buying a drivers CD (DVD) and try and error how to install them.

Here’s the solution:

• Click start menu >>> in the search box type “Device Manager”.

• On the Device Manager window, right click on “Standard VGA Adapter” under ‘Display Adapters’.
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• Select “Update Driver Software…” and click on it.
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• Now lets the Windows fabulous wizard do its jobs automatically.

Mr. Somboon said the current Prime Minister, Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, will no way help the poor people. He enjoys an unexpected power derived unexpectedly by the help of civil people and the soldiers. Most farmers believe Mr. Abhisit will think of the people who give him the power before anything else.

Unlike ex-PM Thaksin, he always helps the poor, according to Mr. Somboon. If he were returned to power, he will help released all the debts from the poor in six months.

Mr. Somboon gets the ‘Red Shirt’ people ID card on the day. It is guaranteed that he will get the benefits if Mr. Thaksin-tied party becomes a ruling party. He joined a group of villagers afterwards to go perform demonstration in Bangkok.

The love of Mr. Thaksin has been deepened in the heart of the poor villagers. They said he thought of them as no one did before. For many poor people, Mr. Thaksin is Robin Hood — a hero who comes to help relieved them from debts, and gives them opportunities. Some villages even set up donation pools of foods and sustenance stuffs to support villagers to go for demonstration in Bangkok, which Mr. Abhisit administration reiteratedly accused them as hired mobsters.

A loan from non-financial institution is brutally charged 20% in monthly interest. If failed to repay, the interest will be rolled up as capital. It is popular among the poor who cannot afford loan from the financial institutions.

Without the ability to pay debts, most poor villagers lost their lands to these outlaw lenders.

At the government house, a coalition government declares that they are strongly united in grab of power and no force will shake them off.

Backed by the military, the people in charge of exercising the power try to bring a pure demonstration into a mobster against Thailand’s most revered institution—the monarch. Every move is accused set against the monarch, and with this, the government draws huge support from civil people and the military.

There is email forward with million of recipients in the list accusing the ‘Reds’ moving is against the monarch.

With their back against the wall, the Reds declare a caste war between the rulers and the rural poor, and they stay fight despite without a hope of win.

The country received more than 10 awards related to the tourism industry from the Norwegian voters, including “Best International Airline” award.

Thailand remains on top of tourist destination for many Norwegians. In 2009, it recorded to welcome more than 150 thousands of Norwegian tourists from Norway’s 4 million in population.

“The land of smile” was also awarded the title of “Golf Destination of the Year” for Asia & Australasia by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO).

The award was received at the International Golf Travel Market conference and trade show in Malaga, Spain, in November 2009.

It means if you trade more, in volume, you pay less commission fee to the brokerage firms.

Online transaction will most enjoy the benefit of paying even less fee than dealing through a brokerage company.

The new rates system charge as below:

• 0.25% – 1.0% for trade volume of less than 5 million baht a day made through a brokerage firm.
• 0.22% – 1.0% for trade volume of less than 5 million baht a day made through online trading.
• 0.22 % for trade volume worth between 5 and 10 million baht a day made through a brokerage firm.
• 0.18% for trade volume worth between 5 and 10 million baht a day made through online trading.
• 0.18 % for trade volume worth between 10 and 20 million baht a day made through a brokerage firm.
• 0.15% for trade volume worth between 10 and 20 million baht a day made through online trading.
• Trade volume of over 20 million baht a day is subject to negotiable for 0.00% – 1.0% in brokerage fee.

Note that: Online trading through cash accounts or credit balance accounts will receive even more benefits from the ‘sliding’ commission fee system.

The revision is set for the investors’ side to attract a large scale in transaction.

The market regulators aim to fully lift the brokerage firms’ commission fees by 2010.

Investing in the stock market could be an important part of your long term saving strategy when you expect a marginal profit from stock’s purchasing and selling prices. By doing so you will be buying into ownership of a corporation or is so-called becoming an investor, which is eligible to receive dividend from the company in a portion of shareholding year on year depending on its operational profit.

More importantly, you would expect the stock price to be rising over the time according to the company’s performance and the economic situation in marginal gaining of the stock selling price.

However, rate of return depends on the company’s success in their respective business.

Investment in the stock market has risks from market price recession or the company’s losses and insufficient liquidity. In this case, shareholders will receive return after debtors.

The stock price fluctuation is another important factor to reflect the intrinsic value in rate of return.

Ok, it has risk. Why people keep investing in the stock market?

The easiest way to compare is it gives a much higher rate of return than bank deposit, which is generally considered as the safest investment with high rate of liquidity. In fact, the bank deposit rate is fixed and not rise fast enough to cover rate of inflation rate under the certain economic condition.

Bank deposit can be turning into loss if the inflation rate is rising too rapid and too high.
Then long term investment can resolve this problem as well as preserve the intrinsic value of investing money in form of dividends and warrant for new issued of shares.

Moreover, acumen investors may generate a significant capital gain by selling the stock at higher prices.

Commodities of the stock market

Commodities that are traded in the stock market involved in the following securities (quoted from Investpedia and other Sources):

• 1. Common stock

Common stock is a security that represents ownership in a corporation. Holders of common stock exercise control by electing a board of directors and voting on corporate policy. Common stockholders are on the bottom of the priority ladder for ownership structure. In the event of liquidation, common shareholders have rights to a company’s assets only after bondholders, preferred shareholders and other debtholders have been paid in full.

If the company goes bankrupt, the common stockholders will not receive their money until the creditors and preferred shareholders have received their respective share of the leftover assets. This makes common stock riskier than debt or preferred shares. The upside to common shares is that they usually outperform bonds and preferred shares in the long run.

• 2. Preferred Stock

A class of ownership in a corporation that has a higher claim on the assets and earnings than common stock. Preferred stock generally has a dividend that must be paid out before dividends to common stockholders and the shares usually do not have voting rights.

The precise details as to the structure of preferred stock is specific to each corporation. However, the best way to think of preferred stock is as a financial instrument that has characteristics of both debt (fixed dividends) and equity (potential appreciation). Also known as “preferred shares”.

There are certainly pros and cons when looking at preferred shares. Preferred shareholders have priority over common stockholders on earnings and assets in the event of liquidation and they have a fixed dividend (paid before common stockholders), but investors must weigh these positives against the n

• 3. Debenture

A type of debt instrument that is not secured by physical asset or collateral. Debentures are backed only by the general creditworthiness and reputation of the issuer. Both corporations and governments frequently issue this type of bond in order to secure capital. Like other types of bonds, debentures are documented in an indenture.

Debentures have no collateral. Bond buyers generally purchase debentures based on the belief that the bond issuer is unlikely to default on the repayment. An example of a government debenture would be any government-issued Treasury bond (T-bond) or Treasury bill (T-bill). T-bonds and T-bills are generally considered risk free because governments, at worst, can print off more money or raise taxes to pay these type of debts.

• 4. Convertible Debenture

Any type of debenture that can be converted into some other security.

• 5. Warrant

A derivative security that gives the holder the right to purchase securities (usually equity) from the issuer at a specific price within a certain time frame. Warrants are often included in a new debt issue as a “sweetener” to entice investors.

The main difference between warrants and call options is that warrants are issued and guaranteed by the company, whereas options are exchange instruments and are not issued by the company. Also, the lifetime of a warrant is often measured in years, while the lifetime of a typical option is measured in months.

• 6. Short-Term Warrant

Short-Term Warrant is a warrant commonly has a lifetime of 2 months period.

• 7. Derivative Warrant: DW

Derivative warrants fall under the category of derivative investment instruments. They have a minimum life of six months from the date of issue or grant and a maximum life of five years. The underlying assets of derivative warrants can be ordinary shares, market indices, foreign currencies or a basket of shares. The issuer of derivative warrants may not be the issuer of the underlying assets, but should hold or have a right to hold the underlying assets. On exercising the derivative warrants, investors may receive the underlying assets or an equivalent amount of cash. The issue and exercise of derivative warrants has no effect on the quantity of the underlying assets (such as ordinary shares). They provide the market with instruments which may be used for hedging or investment purposes.

• 8. Unit Trust

An unincorporated mutual fund structure that allows funds to hold assets and pass profits through to the individual owners, rather than reinvesting them back into the fund. The investment fund is set up under a trust deed. The investor is effectively the beneficiary under the trust.

The success of a unit trust depends on the expertise and experience of the management company. Common types of investments undertaken by unit trusts are property, securities, mortgages and cash equivalents.

In the U.K. the term “unit trust” is synonymous with “mutual fund” as it is used in North America.

A unit trust is managed by professional assets management manager in a form of portfolio and has high volume of investment fund with much greater negotiation power than individual investor.