Wishing all bloggers Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, which falls on Saturday, 13th October 2007. WASSALAM !
DLINK AirPlus G DWL-G730AP Wireless Pocket Router/AP
Product Features:
• Portable 802.11g Wireless Connectivity
• Can Be Used as an Access Point, Router, or Wireless Client
• Includes Convenient Travel Case
• Supports Power over USB
AP MODE : http://192.168.0.30
Client mode : http://192.168.0.30
Router mode : http://192.168.0.30
FIRMWARE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD !
Product Description:
| D-Link, an industry leader in networking, introduces another performance breakthrough in wireless connectivity - the AirPlus G DWL-G730AP Wireless Pocket Router/AP . The DWL-G730AP is a portable and convenient wireless solution for the traveling business person delivering 802.11g wireless connectivity with a maximum wireless signal rate of up to 54Mbps*. Use it in conference rooms, hotel rooms, or even at hotspots. |
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Basic PC maintenance
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Read this good article. Very informative and got good links to software.
http://www.pcug.org.au/boesen/maintenance/maintenance.htm
Msconfig (Microsoft System Configuration Utility)
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Start, Run , msconfig.exe will show many services running. But what are the good ones and what are the bad ones (malware)?
It is best to be guided by evaluations of experts and here are some useful sources of such information:
* Simon Shepperd's listing of Windows' XP Services at http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.html
This article also provides links to other informative sites at the bottom : http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services
* This site provides a useful search facility for any Service. Once you are in the site, type the name of the executable for that Service or some broader term and hit 'search' : http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
http://www.processlibrary.com
You can also Start, run, services.msc to see the services running.
Microsoft -How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP (msconfig) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560
Utility to sense how hot your PC is running, and report on your PC's hardware
Everest Home Edition - a freeware system information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution
Although development on Everest Home Edition has been discontinued on 1st December 2005, the last freeware version 2.20 of Everest Home Edition can be downloaded from http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Everest-Home-Edition.shtml
"EVEREST Home Edition is a free system diagnostics, system information and benchmarking solution for home PC users, based on the award-winning EVEREST Technology.
"It offers the world's most accurate system information and diagnostics capabilities, including online features, memory benchmarks, hardware monitoring, and low-level hardware information."
The features of Everest Home Edition 2.20 can be found at http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Everest-Home-Edition.shtml
Just activate everest.exe in the installed folder, and it will detect your PC's hardware.
To check how hot your PC is running, click on Computer in the left pane, followed by Sensor.
The EVEREST home page at http://www.lavalys.com features the latest EVEREST Corporate Edition, and EVEREST Ultimate Edition.
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Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installation
If you are one of those who found that Windows Updates were not installed successfully after you attempted a repair of your Windows XP installation, please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144/en-us for the Symptoms, Cause, and Resolution.
Cause
This problem occurs because of how the Windows XP repair operation replaces Windows system files. When you repair a Windows installation by using a Windows XP CD, the repair operation performs both of the following operations:
• It replaces all the Windows system files with the corresponding files from the CD.
Note This includes the Windows Update files.
• It restores the Windows registry.
The latest version of Windows Update includes a file that was not available in the release version of Windows XP. This file is named Wups2.dll. Therefore, after the repair operation is complete, the following situation exists:
• The Wups2.dll file remains on the computer.
• The registry entries that correspond to this file are missing.
Because the registry files that correspond to the Wups2.dll file are missing, update installations are unsuccessful.
"Excel Can't Multiply" article by AppScout
http://www.appscout.com/2007/09/excel_cant_multiply.php
"We all learned how to multiply with pencil and paper, even great big numbers and decimals. But when it comes to something important like a blueprint or a scientific formula we reach for a calculator - or a spreadsheet. That's much more reliable, right? Well, not if the spreadsheet is Excel 2007. Over the weekend a member of the microsoft.public.excel newsgroup revealed that Excel 2007 thinks that 850*77.1 is 100,000. What's the correct answer? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller? Anybody? Right, it should be 65,535. Other members verified that the error carries over into some (but not all) calculations based on the incorrect result. Microsoft has been informed of the bug . . . "
UPDATE: Microsoft recognizes the problem and assures us that Excel Will Learn to Multiply.
http://www.appscout.com/2007/09/excel_will_learn_to_multiply.php
Microsoft is now aware of the problem, and had this to say about it:
"Microsoft recently learned of the flaw in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 that affects some calculations where the product should equal 65,535. We are currently in the process of developing and testing a fix for the flaw. Microsoft places a high priority on quickly responding to customer feedback and we are committed to finding ways to provide a better software experience."
GOOD NEWS: The Excel team has dissected the problem in detail and is working feverishly to swat this Excel bug.
http://www.appscout.com/2007/09/microsoft_to_swat_excel_bug.php
Initially it just seemed that Excel Can't Multiply. The bad news is, Excel can't do other operations correctly either. The good news is, this is only true when the results are within a very specific range of numbers. And the better news is that the Excel team has mapped out the nature of the problem and is feverishly working on an update.
Nature of the problem : http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2007/09/25/calculation-issue-update.aspx
So what went wrong? It all boils down to the fact that you can't represent an infinite group of non-integer numbers using a finite number of bits. In fact, Excel can store "only" about nine quintillion distinct values. The numbers going into your calculations may be infinitesimally different from the number displayed, and for two calculations that nominally have the same answer the result may be infinitesimally different. Excel generally manages just fine in dealing with these tiny differences, but in exactly 12 instances out of the nine quintillion possibilities it goes completely bonkers.
The Excel team discovered that it wasn't just calculations involving 65,535 that were affected; those that should come out to be 65,536 were also sometimes wrong (returning 100,001 instead). And they discovered it wasn't just multiplication. In truth, the operation didn't matter, only the result. When they work up a fix it will still have to "make its way through our official build lab and onto a download site", but they expect it to happen soon.
ABF Outlook Express Backup 2.5.3.29
ABF Outlook Express Backup is backup program for Outlook Express mail client. The program enables you to backup Outlook Express emails, address book, settings, accounts, mail rules, signatures, and even Internet Explorer favorites (including IE7). ABF Outlook Express Backup can be also easily used to move, export and synchronize Outlook Express data between several computers or operating systems. Version 2.5.3.29 impoved Favorites backup and restore.
Some things you just can’t protest against!
Podcast: the mrbrown show 11 October 2007: methinks thou protesteth too much Download MP3 (MP3, file size: 1.5mb, Time: 00:03:15)
After all their hard work, our buses need help too!
Podcast: the mrbrown show 12 October 2007: save the buses! Download MP3 (MP3, file size: 1.5mb, Time: 00:03:17)
