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acer c110/c300 wireless exe

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you can toggle wifi & bluetooth wireless status using standalone exe's in the system32 folder. there's one exe for each wireless button. this makes for some nice options, rather than being limited by the physical hotkey button, or using the acer 'soft key app' (c300).

sql server runtime error on shutdown

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when enterprise manager is not responding, or when you request sql server to shutdown -- and the system kills the process causing a c++ runtime error...

the issue may be related memory paging.

sql server port bind error

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sql server 2000 on windows 2003 frequently logs an error in the event log, not being about to bind to port 1433 on startup.

this error message is due to the server not resolving dns fast enough during startup. the message can be ignored.

xtndconnet phone sync

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ok, decided to try and use xtndconnect to sync phone numbers as well, give it a shot.

minidisc repair / jog wheel

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mindy dropped off the minidisc player she was borrowing from a friend - the jog wheel had stopped functioning. i wasn't sure what the problem was although i suspected something simple, probably mechanical. everything else worked just fine.

rex wishlist

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ok, it's been discontinued for what, 5 years? it's a fabulous device -- but here's where i think improvements could be (or could have been made) -- well, had development not stopped.

- faster proc, more memory.
- electroluminescent backlit display.
- power slider switch (immediate off / and hold switch).
- how 'bout actual credit card slim (smart card interface?).

rex file archive

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Here's my rex 6000 file archive. All content is liberally lifted from sites, and made available here, to promote it's longevity.

bluetooth obex sync

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You can synchronise using the built in Bluetooth OBEX profile -- if your phone supports syncml (and driver support OBEX).

It's not as flexible as XTNDConnect, because there's no filtering at all, all records are synchronised - this is an issue with older mobile phones with limited memory (like the T39m).

this means you don't need any extra software. nice option. i haven't tried this out, so i'm not sure how it will treat records / handle updates, all that.

vw bus canopy replacement

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my new vw bus canopy . . .

here's what i did to install it....

bluetooth ~ autonomous sync

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i have mastered the late '90s technology of synchronization.

well, i'm doing something i could have been doing years ago. autonomous phone synchronization with my laptop, when in proximity. essentially harnessing the power of bluetooth to keep my phone up to date.

intellisync for rex & outlook

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feeling a little braver, i decided to get intellisync for the rex, pointing to my main personal folder in outlook, rather than an ancillary folder. i've been fairly impressed with the sync logic, and more comfortable with the process. one problem i faced with using a separate personal folder (as mentioned before) is after copying the data over, the rex wants to drop and reload all those entries... not optimal.

5-way pim-sync

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i showed off the rex to a collegue who was intruigued by the device. we both commented on how we liked it, but he remarked - how i have one more device to sync up with... & the added hassle.

yep. here is what i have to do, to sync up all my devices.

xtndconnect

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now that i've got xtndconnect installed, and it actually works ~pretty~ well with outlook. but it's lacking a lot of features.

feeling a little more brave, i thought i would try to sync my phonebook, not just calendar items. the shortcoming i found right away - there isn't enough logic on how to handle records. i've got too many phone numbers for my phone to handle. so i need to filter out numbers here, to get the one's i need, to fit in my phone's memory. this would be a shortcoming of my phone.

rex 6000 / setup

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once you get the software loaded and you launch intellisync, it automatically looks for the rex 6000 -- but it must be assigned a com port from 1 to 4, not 5+. this is annoying because i have bluetooth devices that simply inherit several com ports in this range...

internet everywhere

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i've had internet 'everywhere' for years now. yes it's nice. yes, you want this. prices have come down a lot too, which is great. oh, we still need better coverage and speed.

dark side of the pen

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i love my tablet pc. i use the pen for various task, but stick to keyboard for raw data entry (i touch type, i'm fast). recently, i've been fiddling with a way to get my ink into my blog here, and reading up on what a few other people are up to in this arena.

i've come to realize the dark side of ink on the web, or a possible pitfall in sharing digital media based on the pen. it's a mess. most people have bad handwriting, and can't draw.

gsm providers, dual lines?

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i have some issues/grips with the gsm phone system, i'm not sure if they qualify as problems or not. the gsm system has some really advance call handling built into the network - whereas the competition doesn't even have these capabilities at all.

re-route cellphone calls/voicemail

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a beautiful thing about the gms system is that you can totally change your call management for voice, fax, data -- forwarding calls to *different* numbers, even for various scenarios (busy, unreachable, etc).

typically you'll want everything to go to the 'system' voicemail - which is really a call center provided by your service provider. this is what most people have, just use the stock settings - and system offered by the provider.

but what i really want is voicemail delivered over the phone, and by email. plus, say i go on vacation, i can have all my calls routed to my house instead, or business partner - not ring my phone. whatever the circumstance, it's up to you. the flexibility is built-in.

getting my voicemail over email is great, especially convenient if i'm working i'm at my desk. if they've already been downloaded i can review them, say on the plane -- or say at burningman where there's no cell tower or phone line in sight ('cept for voip -- and i really don't want to see cell phones at burningman either ~but~ it's nice to get messages).

palm v. outlook

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i've migrated away from palm as the primary source for my address book and calendar scheduling.

i haven't stopped using my handspring visor at all, or synching data with yahoo for online access and remote backup - but previously my palm desktop was the primary source for management. i would then synch one-way to other devices, including my ericsson T39 phone...

missing icons in file open 'my places' list

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Not sure when i lost the *whole* set of icons in my file-open dialog box. Actually there are a number of versions for the file open dialog, from different common controls, the OS, various compiler libraries.

my stock windows xp file open dialog box (without user configurable places) lost all it's icons. mind you, not the new dialog used by office 2003, which includes a user configurable 'my places' -- that one was fine.

winamp audio output problem

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so, on my laptop i downloaded a DAE (digital audio extract) module to play cd's using external audio devices in winamp - which works great. worked so well, i totally forgot about it, and anyway for the most part don't play cd's much that way.

so, i was stumped when i started to play a cd - but it wouldn't play through the designated output device. feeling irked, i started to fuss with it...

winamp file load sorting??

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Q: How Do I Get My Winamp mp3 files To LOAD, In Order?

ok this one has irked me for years, i just figured the problem was between the file open dialog and how windows delivers the file manifest to applications -- the files come in physical order or something etc etc. either way it's been a pain selecting files and having the order jumbled in the playlist editor, only to re-sort them. it felt like more or less totally random, sometimes in order, sometimes starting halfway through the list, just generally annoying.

since winamp makes a great tool to audition files and build up playlists, i'm pretty keen on this working and it turns out there is fairly simple *feature* at hand - not a bug. in fact, winamp was probably designed with this in mind, and i just didn't get it how it worked. here's the deal, as posted (thank god) by another user...