Category Archives: Technical

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278379 has it. Both options: 1. Using dll, 2. Implement everything from Access VBA. There's a catch with this all VBA method, everytime if you visit the VBA editor, you need to restart the whole database, or else the mouse … Continue reading →

In Microsoft Access, It is a good practise not to use "Lookup" column at Table Level. Lookup feature is best used with Forms. This would avoid problems such as unable to call the right field from a lookup column, as … Continue reading →

If users' desktop in Display property is disabled, check that group policy (run gpedit.msc) -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Desktop -> Active Desktop -> Active Desktop Wallpaper is set to "Not Configured".

Solution Source: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3308206&SiteID=17 Thanks to Gary. Just go to C:\Windows\System32 and find and register Wups2.dll. To do that, right click on it and select 'Open With' then 'Choose Program' and find C:\Windows\System32\Regsvr32. If you choose to 'Always use the selected … Continue reading →

Instead of File->Printer... Use File->Page Setup->Page...   (Apparently Only for version 2002, 2003)

For several times I thought the Xinix LS-300 CD repair/cleaning machine was nothing more than a soundless CD player after I tried to repair some of my scratched discs. Perhaps it's because this DVD disc a friend asked me to … Continue reading →

I was called to office when the new Access database system I designed failed to open on one workstation. As I searched the web, thanks to obrienpubs, it turns out that for some XP systems (workgroup network sharing, not set … Continue reading →

At a client's site, after easily determining his bluetooth (wireless mouse & keyboard) problem was caused by driver conflicts, it took me a while going back and forth in Safe-Mode to learned that the culprit was the popular third party … Continue reading →

If doctors are just ones who have good grades from schools and make $$$, then they should be as common as any hard working citizen. As I read a news today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7542404.stm, now there's a TRUE doctor: Who actually use … Continue reading →

After using NoteTab Light for a few years, I have to say farewell to this wonderful and elegant freeware for a better one, Notepad++. Due to the support for UTF8 Characters.