Category Archives: Technical

Turns out that the wireless connection on the XP Service Pack 2 fails on WPA 2 Personal AES, unless the XP SP2 is upgraded with the compatibility patch: kb893357

It was a long time dilemma at NYGC. Students would complain lost of internet either in the lab or wireless. I would blame it on P2P downloaders while trying to solve the issue. It had gotten worse when staff has … Continue reading →

To search for a word/phrase in more than one PDF files, gather them in a folder, and do Shift-Cntrl-F in the adobe reader.

I was thinking of writing such program, but apparently they already exist. Bidding at the last seconds increases chance of good bargains on common/multiple/relisted ebay products. Unlike some auction sites, Ebay doesn't extend end time for bidding. Instead of writing … Continue reading →

When email checking status stuck on "Checking for Mail...", just turn it off with the power button (top left for IPOD) by holding it for 3 seconds. Turn on again after a few seconds, solved. Source: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google%20Mobile/thread?tid=030d40aede0488d2&hl=en

Pamela's Laptop. PamNet wireless network is working (tested with other stations), except this laptop. Connection attempt produced error: Windows cannot connect to PamNet. Wireless association failed because Windows did not receive any response from the wireless router or access point. … Continue reading →

I recently learned that there's such a type as LASER MOUSE. Basically, it's a lot more sensitive, higher resolution. Mainly designed for gaming purpose, such as the Logitech G5 Laser Mouse.

For edit: crontab -e For view: crontab -l # minute hour(24) dayOfMonth Month dayOfWeek(0-6, 0=Sunday) command To schedule my server to chmod 644 the access log,  0 10 * * 0 chmod 644 /var/log/apache2/access.log Task will perform every Sunday at … Continue reading →

A good way to disable the popup, Start->Run/type->autoplay->scroll down to iphone-> Take no action.

Faced the rare case but not the only time of the blue screen of death on my laptop. I believe it's caused by Avira's antivir trying to update, because after restart, it was disabled. clicked on update option manually, enabled … Continue reading →