remove SONY VGN-B88GP keyboard and install sound driver

I was looking to the VGN-B88GP manual. I finally find the manual on a website. But the driver on SONY's website is not working for this model ( is there a desktop model of this notebook).

anyway back in 2005, I put a copy of drivers from CD on the D: drive. this comes handy today.

to remove the keyboard, un-do the screw at the back of the enclosure, then at the front of the keyboard, there are 3 retractable tab between those F-keys. use jewel tools gently push and prick open the keyboard from the enclosure.

outlook 2003 disconnected because exchange 2003 store service not running

not quite sure why the store wont start upon restart

scansoft paperport 11 license error in normal user mode

Windows 7 pro, HP mini, installed paperport 11. after I put the license code in, I got error. I need run as administrator to setup license. That I did.

still having that problem, I eventtually refer to an article on their website to grant permission in the license key in the registry.

I granted all permission on the license entry as I can't tell which key is which.

another day in real life.

HP elitebook not getting IP address again

early morning wake - up call. that HP elitebook not getting IP address again. remove MS security essentials, it gets IP no problem.

so I put symantec back on. still good.

ah, ... , its better to re-load.

there is another problem. the nb sometimes won't boot into windows, power off, power-on again, it seems ok. But it should boot into w-xp with or without external monitor attached? or should it? the problem is sometimes nothing on the LCD, but other lights on (may not hdd light).

called HP support, the first guy said un-plug battery, and AC power, press the power button to release static. that I did.

however a few minutes later, the same thing happened again. called HP support again. the HP tech asked me to attached a screen to it, same problem this time. they agreed to come out next biz day.

I did a bios update still no luck.

Exchange 2010 on a windows 2008 keeps rebooting on a Xen 5.5 host

this windows 2008 with Exch2010 is running fine for a number of weeks as a VM inside a Xen 5.5 host.

it started rebooting recently. It appeared related to some windows updates.

upon rebooting, the windows send error report to MS, and check solutions online.

finally it gives a clue about x64 bit cpu clock something, the windows are complaining about device drivers.

think ouside the box, there is another VM running on this host. the performance monitor indicates this XP-VM is using 100% CPU.  turning this 100%-cpu-usage XP-VM off helps the other server VM stay alive.

iphone can't sync with Exchange 2010

it keeps asking for password after I made it accepting the self-signed certificate.

the weird error on the server side is

Event ID: 1053


Make sure the user has inherited permission granted to domain\Exchange Servers to allow List, Create child, Delete child of object type "msExchangeActiveSyncDevices" and doesn't have any deny permissions that block such operations.

luckily there is a link here

http://blog.nick.mackechnie.co.nz/post/2009/11/20/Exchange-2010-Active-Sync-Issue.aspx

set the proper inherited permission, all good

easy transfer between vista and windows 7

create the new easy transfer wizard in windows 7, then run that wizard on the old vista. he said he would give that old vista PC to someone he hate. well that is another story.
 if you got three users on the vista, create 3 users with the same name in the new PC. then start the transfer. it seems fine. I used treesize to checked it.

after the transfer, some secured contente (itunes) asks for the original password. I skipped it, it didn't ask twice.