Category Archives: Technical

A client inherited an Avaya Merlin Legend PBX phone system. I have to be the tech not only for computer networking but this dinosaur as well. Took a long long time in research and online forums for me to gradually … Continue reading →

Bluetooth S9 headset via PalmOS' Softick Audio Gateway (BTW, error code = 5: "There was an error during background operation" means wrong serial key) with the A2D2 technology is good but will cause video audio out of sync, such as … Continue reading →

Symantec's antivirus software not only slows system (McAfee too), under certain conditions (ie. expired, firewall, blocking useful programs for no reason), it could be the cause of some other program not running properly, even after its removal. At one client, … Continue reading →

Record is deleted. That's the error message when I tried to edit the #Deleted memo field of particular records. Consequently, I cannot change this corrupted memo field. Solution: Tools -> Database Utilities -> Compact and Repair Database... Now the Memo … Continue reading →

With the basic driver, the scanning software of this HP printer seems to be installed but not shortcut to anywhere other source location: C:\Program Files\HP\Imaging Monitor\Bin\ somescannername.exe

Appears to be a bug in Windows XP or Microsoft Office 2003. I did two solutions at the same time. So I am uncertain which one actually did the job, if not both. 1. Regedit: Changed(not add) a key value … Continue reading →

Finally installed XAMPP on my laptop so I could test PHP locally, offline. Have to do it, so I wouldn't have to wait for upload time while teaching Jeff at the library which seems to block all non-http protocols on … Continue reading →

I've replaced one's keyboard on an HP laptop last Saturday, thanks to this online instruction. Basically, 5 screws in the battery side, two nearest to the back of the battery edges (back of laptop) and 1 in the memory compartment, … Continue reading →

Thanks to a graduate from my church, who's great knowledge led me to look up the makeup of a pencil more carefully after some discussion about flesh marks of the past during church lunch. Thanks to this article, I am … Continue reading →

Labored whole day, just to come up with a batch file using XCOPY to do it. In the case of synchronizing removed files, I used for loop, but the big trick was the setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion command. Without it, the variable … Continue reading →