Category Archives: Technical

Finally recovered my passwords from lifebook-P1510 to P1620. Solution: (It's always wise to backup present password files and then...) Copy password files from old computer's firefox: C:/users(documents&settings)/username/AppData(Application Data)/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/xyz.default/  -> key3.db, signons*.* to new computer.

So it would appear that submerging the motherboard into a tank of mineral oil/baby oil is a great way to rid heating problem. Even noisy fans and what not. It's everywhere on youtube.

"Application not found" on the Fujitsu Menu program on my lifebook p1620. Solution: Go to Edit of the Menu (which somehow shows a row of blank buttons and a button at a bottom called Edit.) & Click on the default … Continue reading →

Bought the Netgear wireless router with 4 ports (N150 Wireless router WNR1000v3). I disabled wifi feature. Set the static internet ip/subnet/gateway to match that of 64.61.... DNS would be the first router's ip: 192.168.1.1 Then I went to disable the … Continue reading →

This is called the Touch Pointer. Uncheck it in Control Panel -> Pen & Input Devices -> Touch.

After my P1510 HDD failure, I've decided to just upgrade the lifebook to P1620, which has Duo Core. I got it used for around $160 on Ebay. And it works very well with Vista. Now I'm off to install Mac … Continue reading →

$50-$100 is not a bad deal for photo hobbyist, and quality is not bad. But I'm not considering it unless my iphone is 3Gs or 4G which are video recording capable.

Some websites display/convert chinese characters into hexadecimal 2-digit encoding. Obviously, the Chinese character still uses more than 2 bytes. This is a good converter.

Thanks to Experts-Exchange, this is a good solution from jasonzx:  regedit: navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WZCSVC right-click->permissions->select SYSTEM->Advanced->Select System->edit Deny:Set Value, Create Subkey, create link, delete, write DAC, Write Owner navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\EAPOL right-click->permissions->select SYSTEM->Advanced->Select System->edit Deny:Set Value, Create Subkey, create link, … Continue reading →

While it is true that most of such case are due to Norton program (use the Removal tool to remove instead of uninstall), this time, it is a driver update issue for the Atheros AR5007EG model.