Category Archives: Technical

Thanks to Mark, this annoying feature of itune is disabled. Either use Mark's windows App or follow these steps: Locate iTunesPrefs.xml by going to Start->Run and typing %appdata%\Apple Computer\iTunes and hit OK. Backup iTunesPrefs.xml Open iTunesPrefs.xml and search for <key>User … Continue reading →

Two clients I worked with insisted me to deal with their PBX system. The first one was the Merlin Avaya system. Took a while to reach success. The second one has Nortel BCM50. That's a pain since Nortel is so … Continue reading →

The database <Database name> could not be accessed. In order to access this database, check your network connection and verify that your database server is available. It may be necessary to disable any firewall software... Condition: Windows 7 -64bit acting … Continue reading →

After purchasing two buffalo routers, I've finally decided to switch my home wifi router (Netgear) with the now banned Buffalo WHR-G125. Now, I should have plenty of routers to use should it be necessary at work. Plus, I have much … Continue reading →

After the upgrade to ver. 1.2.8 r_6440, I couldn't upload photos, permission denied, no thumbnails, etc. Solution: Just chmod 777 to the following folders: gallery/1, gallery/1/previews, gallery/1/previews-med

"The record you are trying to create is a duplicate..." Solution: It's better to just uncheck the duplicate check rather than spending hours looking for how there are duplicate records. Tools > Preferences > Duplicate Checking

We've got ultrasonic distance measurer, now we have the more accurate but expensive laser ones, how about a parallax distance measurer?

Problem importing MS Excel 2003 file: Fields not all imported (seems to limit 4 only from source), named ranges problems, etc. Solution: In Excel, save as CSV (comma delimited) In Outlook, import file as "Comma Separated Values (Windows) Map Custom … Continue reading →

A client(Michelle, Cathy's friend)'s HP laptop. Yesterday. At windows startup, error message kept popping up or else whole system froze, saying windows explorer encountered error, module in question: CLDemuxer.ax Decided to delete such file from safemode, failed, same problem. Used … Continue reading →

Problem is caused by Nero. Thanks to http://forums.techarena.in/vista-music-video/664040.htm A registry fix easily solves the problem. Create a reg file and run it: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv] "PerceivedType"="video" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv\shellex] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}] @="{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMVFile] @="Windows Media Audio/Video file" "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,01,00 "FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00, 73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\ … Continue reading →