ah well, in order to work through the recession. there is requirement for doing some web design work. Yeah, without listening to what the customers saying first, i started looking for a web designing tool.
CMS - content mgmt system, ... yeah... there are different views about open-source joolma wordpress drupal.
now loaded a spare PC with Fedora Core 8, then loaded drupal 5.3. my FC9 DVD stuffed, failed selft-test.
I used to be able to do some graffiti web page more than one decade ago. now It is time trying to make some money by doing some commercial pages.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
get mah bluetooth back, HP 6715b Windows 7 Support
I hate to fiddle the mobile phone to send lengthy txt messages. while some customers travel around the world, I used phone tools (nokia 6234) to txt them through the trouble.
I unsually turned off bluetooth when its not in use. after upgrading to W7 x64 ultimate, the bluetooth device wont show up.
then i goto HP support page for mah 6715b again for answers. surprisingly they put w7 drivers/software on their webpage for a two-year old model.
getting excited, i downloaded a whole bunch of updated drivers/utils. but the bluetooth s/w won't install because it can't detect bluetooth s/w.
i thought of put the hp disk back, and turn on the bluetooth in s/w.
as a last ditch, I entered the setup bios, turn off the bluetooth device, and boot into w7. then enter the bios again, load the system default settings. bam, the bluetooth thing pop up in windows.
I unsually turned off bluetooth when its not in use. after upgrading to W7 x64 ultimate, the bluetooth device wont show up.
then i goto HP support page for mah 6715b again for answers. surprisingly they put w7 drivers/software on their webpage for a two-year old model.
getting excited, i downloaded a whole bunch of updated drivers/utils. but the bluetooth s/w won't install because it can't detect bluetooth s/w.
i thought of put the hp disk back, and turn on the bluetooth in s/w.
as a last ditch, I entered the setup bios, turn off the bluetooth device, and boot into w7. then enter the bios again, load the system default settings. bam, the bluetooth thing pop up in windows.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
migrate files/settings from windows XP to Windows 7
just installed a windows 7, need migrate user files/settings over from another XP machine.
run w7 easy transfer, select network mode. but the two machine could not find each other.
the way around it would be use flash/usb drive, then can still select network location to be used for transfer.
got a feeling some files like outlook xp (2000?) pst not being transferred.
then getting to a point of manually doing it. also need rename *.nk2 to outlook.nk2 so outlook 2007 can pick up cache.
run w7 easy transfer, select network mode. but the two machine could not find each other.
the way around it would be use flash/usb drive, then can still select network location to be used for transfer.
got a feeling some files like outlook xp (2000?) pst not being transferred.
then getting to a point of manually doing it. also need rename *.nk2 to outlook.nk2 so outlook 2007 can pick up cache.
Symantec EndPoint 11.0.5 and StorageCraft shadow protect imcrementals
Symantec EndPoint 11.0.5 and StorageCraft shadow protect imcrementals. symantec anti-virus server will cause an incremental in shadown protect at about 500MB.
so un-install SAV server and install SEP into another server. SEP 11.0.5 is supposed to handle Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
the symantec uninstall password is symantec.
so un-install SAV server and install SEP into another server. SEP 11.0.5 is supposed to handle Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
the symantec uninstall password is symantec.
upgrading a Toshiba NB from vista premium to W7 premium
its a disaster. first run toshiba upgrade assitant, it will download about 700MB things, then run W7 upgrade CD. lastly it will download another bunch of things after W7 being installed.
this is a NB with 1GB RAM. it is very slow.
a T-mobile (made by huawei) stick is installed in vista. but it failed to function in W7. un-install it, shutdown the NB, then install twice, finnaly got it going.
there is no bundled email client with W7. so download windows live mail for the customer.
this is a NB with 1GB RAM. it is very slow.
a T-mobile (made by huawei) stick is installed in vista. but it failed to function in W7. un-install it, shutdown the NB, then install twice, finnaly got it going.
there is no bundled email client with W7. so download windows live mail for the customer.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
wake up a remote computer
computer wake up, yeah, the lastest lenovo windows 7. the settings is 20 minutes into sleep mode.
But it will never respond to RDP pkt.
use a PPTP connection into a client's network. used various WOL tools, no luck.
finnally copied the wake-up tools onto the remote server, and this time sucesfully waked up the windows 7 PC.
it seems those wake-up tools not working via a PPTP tunnel, even if ping is ok.
But it will never respond to RDP pkt.
use a PPTP connection into a client's network. used various WOL tools, no luck.
finnally copied the wake-up tools onto the remote server, and this time sucesfully waked up the windows 7 PC.
it seems those wake-up tools not working via a PPTP tunnel, even if ping is ok.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
file corruption on a Lenovo X300
outlook is funny. skype reported an error accessing an xml file.
But can't run check disk, because upon windows start, an error occurs like "cannot access the hard drive directly".
can't seems to get around the problem to fix the hard drive (samsung 60GB solid state drive). boot from a Hiren 10.0 CD. eventually run chkdsk fix file system errors. backup / delete user profiles, re-build user profile.
however yet to sort out the "cannot run scandisk problem"
But can't run check disk, because upon windows start, an error occurs like "cannot access the hard drive directly".
can't seems to get around the problem to fix the hard drive (samsung 60GB solid state drive). boot from a Hiren 10.0 CD. eventually run chkdsk fix file system errors. backup / delete user profiles, re-build user profile.
however yet to sort out the "cannot run scandisk problem"
install application templates and site template for WSS3.0
download alltemplates.exe and extract, need install application care template first. in the process need pend -immediate in some cmds. this is for a farm installation. stsadm -o filename callcenter.wsp.
or a batch file can be created to do this.
one bizzare problem with the cmd line is that directly copying from the readme.txt wont work. it will give an error. the trick is manually type it.
*.stp files can be uploaded via webite - sitesettings - galleries - templates
or a batch file can be created to do this.
one bizzare problem with the cmd line is that directly copying from the readme.txt wont work. it will give an error. the trick is manually type it.
*.stp files can be uploaded via webite - sitesettings - galleries - templates
camstudio screen capture/recording with panasonic h3r and quicktime
panasonic security camera format h3r, it has its own propriety format. it need its viewer.exe to play back. it is not designed to be modified.
there is another problem with a client. the powerpoint got a problem playing quicktime mov files.
what's the easy solution to convert those files into windows media format. camstudio record those playbacks into avi files.
But I do find out camstudio got a problem recording ChrisTV program. maybe ChrisTV program also has recording built-in.
there is another problem with a client. the powerpoint got a problem playing quicktime mov files.
what's the easy solution to convert those files into windows media format. camstudio record those playbacks into avi files.
But I do find out camstudio got a problem recording ChrisTV program. maybe ChrisTV program also has recording built-in.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
byte.com and dr. Dobbs
I saddenly realized that Byte has gone in 1998. oh dear things changed so fast, Dr Dobbs apparently still there. ah yeah, I am under pressure to do some web design.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
mup.sys stuck during Dell notebook boot (dell Vostro 1510?)
the client said the dell nb crashed in a skype session. tried various ways to recover ... safe mode ...last known good config, no luck, ntbtlog.txt not there. pull hard drive out , run virus scan ... nothing major.
press F12 to run self-diagnostic, seems fine.
the Nb has vista license, but downgraded to
have to re-install, CTRL+F11 to initialize the process. ghost 8.3 in 7 minutes. restored to factory windows xp installation.
press F12 to run self-diagnostic, seems fine.
the Nb has vista license, but downgraded to
have to re-install, CTRL+F11 to initialize the process. ghost 8.3 in 7 minutes. restored to factory windows xp installation.
Friday, November 13, 2009
sharepoint designer 2007 is Free
sharepoint designer 2007 is Free now. its supposed to connect directly to wss3.0 site.
clean DHL trojan/virus
a break of DHL virus/trojan tricked many people. pull out hard drive, run scan from another PC via a USb enclosure.
use tools like symantec SEP, anti-malware, kill reader_s.exe under c:\windows\system32. run combofix, run MGtools. run kapersky virus removal tools.
then network not working, the device manager show all nic in yellow !. also add/remove program wont show program list, --- this can be get around by using ccleaner.
copy c:\windows\serivicepackfiles\nd*.* to c:\windows\system32\drivers.
restart to restore network connection. then add/remove program showing up properly.
remove SAV9.0. install microsoft security essentials, run full scan, it killed a reader_s.???? under c:\qoodoo directory which was a result of combofix.
I hate to re-install windows. virus/trojans like DHL is increasingly hard to get rid of without a clean/refresh reload.
use tools like symantec SEP, anti-malware, kill reader_s.exe under c:\windows\system32. run combofix, run MGtools. run kapersky virus removal tools.
then network not working, the device manager show all nic in yellow !. also add/remove program wont show program list, --- this can be get around by using ccleaner.
copy c:\windows\serivicepackfiles\nd*.* to c:\windows\system32\drivers.
restart to restore network connection. then add/remove program showing up properly.
remove SAV9.0. install microsoft security essentials, run full scan, it killed a reader_s.???? under c:\qoodoo directory which was a result of combofix.
I hate to re-install windows. virus/trojans like DHL is increasingly hard to get rid of without a clean/refresh reload.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
MS Word autosave
well, come across this problem serval times already, people were losing files because they clicked No to the Word prompt as to whether to save changes or Not. then they lost one day's work.
they expect Word autosave feature can cover this problem. But autosave only save a temp file in the case of a crash.
they expect Word autosave feature can cover this problem. But autosave only save a temp file in the case of a crash.
MSTermLM.exe and terminal server license
a client is doing work on their client's terminal server. well there wasn't enough license for her to connect. she was advised by their client's IT guy to use MStermLm.exe. I wonder this is a small util to delete the installed & expired client license in user's PC. the this little program was regared as virus by various anti-virus programs.
Windows 2003 terminal server will enforce device client license, however it wont enforce user-mode license.
Windows 2003 terminal server will enforce device client license, however it wont enforce user-mode license.
bundled util software with lenovo
Lenovo X301, with OZ simcard preloaded with verizon?. huawei vodafone e220 software wont load. it may show up briefly but then disappear. the device manager showed the USB dongle in yellow. I am told the software has to be installed for the the dongle to work. it is the same problem with a Telecom USB stick. But TelstraClear-au's software can be installed and is working.
eventually remove some bundled software for the lenovo like client security manager, think-advange connections manager. then the vodafone software saddenly started to install.
eventually remove some bundled software for the lenovo like client security manager, think-advange connections manager. then the vodafone software saddenly started to install.
never assume a certain computer hasn't got virus
moved a PC out of an office which has direct connection to the DC/file server to a branch office. the pc failed connecting to the internet. It is very slow to logon unless unplug the cable at the remote site.
went down to the cached credentials, no luck. the loaded AVG was showing not being updated.
run malware scan, found zlob trojan with various permutations. run microsoft security essentials to clean the remnants, as well as another malware - tiny-proxy.
Microsoft security essentials and malwarebyte's anti-spyware are highly recommended.
went down to the cached credentials, no luck. the loaded AVG was showing not being updated.
run malware scan, found zlob trojan with various permutations. run microsoft security essentials to clean the remnants, as well as another malware - tiny-proxy.
Microsoft security essentials and malwarebyte's anti-spyware are highly recommended.
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