My colleague forwarded an email from a Microsoft employee to me. It’s about Windows 7 RC news. It is confirmed that Windows 7 RC will be released in just a few weeks. It can be downloaded from Windows.com, TechNet and MSDN when it’s available. The downloads will be available at least through June 2009. If [...]
The Definitive HTML 5 Resources List
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about HTML5; companies like Apple say that it will soon become a standard that will replace the ever-popular Flash platform. Six Revisions has compiled a list of resources to help you attain knowledge and information about this technology. One interesting fact that I learned from the list [...]
Apple Offers Free iPhone 4 Case
On friday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPhone case giveaway to consumers to fix the “death grip” problem: the wireless signal is sometimes muffled because the user is holding the device with a bare hand. This dilemma has been voiced by many users ever since the phone’s release in the US three weeks ago. [...]
Use Your iPhone 4 as a Flash Light
Do you remember those old iPhone apps that simply displayed a white background for you to use it as a fake flash light? With the introduction of the iPhone 4, you can use your iPhone 4 as a real flash light. There are several iPhone apps that can use the flash intended for camera as [...]
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Windows
How To Use Windows Easy Transfer to Transfer FireFox and Thunderbird Profiles on Windows 7
I like the Windows 7 Beta so much, so I transferred my files from a Windows XP machine to a Windows 7 Beta machine using the Windows Easy Transfer. After the transfer is done, I opened up FireFox and Thunderbird and to my surprise, my profiles are not transferred to my new machine. So I [...]
Windows
Printing Admin Scripts on Windows 7 Beta
There are some useful printing administration scripts since XP. When I tried to use them on Windows 7 Beta, I couldn’t run them. They are not in the system path. I found them in %SystemRoot%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US where %SystemRoot% is usually C:\Windows . To use these scripts, you can set your path to this directory or just [...]
Windows
DVD Decoder Not Installed Problem
Most Windows computers come with DVD player of some sort for you to play back DVD movies. The popular software are WinDVD and PowerDVD. However, if you install the OS by yourself, you don’t have access to those DVD playback software. Most people would try to use Windows Media Player to play DVDs. This is [...]
Windows
EasyShare Software Installation Problem
While I was helping a user with his Kodak ESP 9 All-in-one printer, I encountered a problem toward the end of the installation. The system gave out an error code and quit. The installer provided a link to a support page. I followed the steps to unregister windows installer and re-register it again. Here is [...]
Software
Flash Player Silent Installation
As an adminstrator, finding ways to install software silently is very important. I have not included Flash player as part of my installation script until yesterday. To install the version 10 silently, use the following command: IE: install_flash_player_ax.exe /silent FireFox: install_flash_player.exe /silent You have to close IE and FireFox first before you use these commands. [...]
Computer Hardware
Shuttle K48 DIY
I recently started another DIY project. Unlike my previous Core i7 storage server, this is a small form factor desktop. The main component is a Shuttle K48 barebone system which includes motherboard and power supply. Here are the parts: Shuttle Computer K48 Intel 945GC+ICH7 Chipset Barebone System (Black) Intel BX80571E7400 Core 2 Duo E7400 Processor [...]
Software
Acrobat Pro 9 Web Capture Problem
Adobe published updates for its Acrobat line of products in March. The updates addressed some critical issues. It is highly recommended that you update Acrobat on your machine. I helped a user update his Acrobat Pro 9 to 9.1. The installation was not successful initially using the Adobe Updater. I then downloaded the update manually [...]
Computer Hardware
Overclocking Core i7 920 on Asus P6T
When I selected the components for my Core i7 machine, I picked Asus P6T motherboard because it’s overclocking friendly and its built quality. I spent several days trying to overclock it and finally got down to a configuration that’s stable and fast. For details about my setup, please refer to this post. The tool I [...]
Windows
Local Printer not Forwarded in a Remote Desktop Session
When you use remote desktop to connect to a remote computer, you can also make your local printers available in the remote desktop session. It’s a convenient feature that you can still use your local printers, because the remote computer’s printers are probably not very useful unless they are not that far away. A user [...]
