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MP3 Player with Long Battery Life

I prefer external AA or AAA battery mp3 players with built-in mic recording. Thus far, I only know iriver T10 (1gb, 45+ hours, AA battery) and SanDisk Sansa m250 (2gb, 19 hours, AAA battery). iriver's T10 seems to be hard … Continue reading

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Move/Copy Database of ACT! from One Computer to Another

Thanks to this article. I am able to transfer a copy of ACT! 2008 database to the new version 11 ACT! for a client (Hezi). 1. go to the Windows Start button and type in ActDiag and hit enter 2. … Continue reading

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Solar Panel made of Human Hair

Thanks to Slashdot, this article shows how an 18 year old from Nepal invented solar panel made from human hair. A good news for barber shops.

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Windows Server 2008 Time Synchronization from NTP

Since there's no easy way to set an "internet time" on Windows Server 2008, this software: Time Service Agent is quite helpful. Which is a GUI way of configuring w32tm.

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Windows XP Pro SP3 Boots Straight into Administrator without asking for password

Thanks to Mary Jo of bit-tech forum, if Windows boots/restarts into Administrator automatically without asking for password, the solution is: In RUN type "control userpasswords2" and tick the box "users must login with password".

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Roxio Media Manager

During start up, this keeps popping up...as if trying to install something, gathering information, and then asking for CD on one client's computer. Cannot find the uninstallation icon anywhere including Add/Remove programs in Control Panel. But thanks to a forum,  … Continue reading

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HP Photosmart Wireless Printer Keeps going offline

After constant complaints from one client, I found this fix by Phil martin. Apparently, the problem is caused by HP driver on Vista. The wireless connection to the printer would just drop and indicating that its offline. I had been … Continue reading

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My Vista Report: Outlook 2007 Issue: Only start in Safe Mode

Been running Vista Ultimate on this newly assembled PC of mine since a month or two ago. Very satisfied, never thought I could like Vista. However, when I tried to install Creative Sound Blaster Live! CT4830 PCI card, using a … Continue reading

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Windows Explorer Restart Issue with COM Surrogate and Rundll

Problem Caused by Nero. After uninstallation, reinstall via custom installation to opt out any features pertaining to media/video/graphics/etc., and apply the Update to at least version 7.7.5.1 problem solved.

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Turning Wireless Router into Access Point

Thank's to Coulterp, I managed to turn the Netgear WGR614 v9 wireless router into an Access Point for a client: Configure the IP address of the secondary router (the WGR614) to be in the same subnet as the primary router … Continue reading

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