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Just for the record, in Outlook VBA > ThisOutlookSession:

Learned some new trick with these brands: Ctrl-Alt-S will show you system information such as Product model, system BIOS version, and many more. I've received the error message a couple of times now about the 90D-System Temperature Message at boot time … Continue reading →

Source: http://www.msoutlooktools.com/category/email/sound-effects/disable-for-specific-account.html Uncheck "Display a New Mail Desktop Alert" in Outlook > File > Options > Mail > ... Then create a Mail rule that does Display New Mail Desktop Alert with the account in question as an exception.

I'm trying to make my journal more visual appealing: photos and videos and pdf, etc. Obviously, these will consume more data and I may hit some storage limit in the not so near future. However, that's not my major concern. … Continue reading →

This are photos from my testing with Beijing last Friday, for NYGC which was trying to do remote class with China. Looks like the Chinese version of Tokbox is not bad. Drew my interest in P2P video streaming technology.

A good C# sample is here: https://github.com/7wingfly/P2Pchat Simple and elegant. NAT Hole Punching allows connections between two devices behind routers. So there's no need for IP/port configuration at the router.

Sometimes Windows make it impossible to do elevated level configurations under Standard User account, no matter how hard one tries: runas doesn't work, right-click runas admin doesn't work, etc. Changing a network adapter's advanced properties maybe one of them, but … Continue reading →

Turns out, it's rather easy, check out YouTube. These USB cables only uses 4 lines, two for data and two for power (including ground). Just match them colors accordingly.

Some like it, some like neither. Most of my work mails are checked on the spot so I may not need this kind of stuff now. Source: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2016/07/26/outlook-helps-you-focus-on-what-matters-to-you/