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Singtel S4 Launch: Ridiculousity and Service

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:33:00 +0000

Introduction
So i went to Singtel road show on S4 last night to collect the S4. Feeling Happy that i would be able to get on S4 soon. As a geek and Android Developer, this is pretty big deal. Since i am going to get my hand on Samsung latest technology. However, there are bigger dissapoinment waiting ahead the collection. So we reached earlier to the road show and got a queue number. After hours of waiting we reached our turn now, we walked to the collection stand and asked politely that we wanted to sign up for a new line. To my horror that the Customer Service told me that i have a bad credit rating and asked me to pay $800 dollars deposit for a signing up of the Flexi lite which cost like $39.9 / Month for two years.

Putting aside the $800 dollars deposit for now. First, how did i land myself into bad credit rating?

So i am pretty curious on how did i land into this so i did some research on my past payment.

REASON 1:
Here is the last 9 payments showing on my accounts.
There are 4 reds and the rests are punctual. was this the cause of my bad credit history? i am not sure. Let's dig dipper.

REASON 2:
So few years ago, roughly around 5 years ago. I helped a Malaysian friend to sign up a new line because she couldn't get one without paying the deposit. This is understandable. So this was what happened, appeared that she didn't pay her bills properly and owed Singtel for many months. In the end, i went ahead to clear them all on my own. No big deal but it got me thinking, could this be the root of the bad credit? but it has been 4 / 5 years since the incident. Did they still take that into account?

Fine. I don't want to conclude too soon. So let's dig deeper.

REASON 3:
So it happened that i was a Singtel Mio Subscriber and one of the best thing of owning Mio is the reward and affordability. So they have this thing called one year phone upgrade benefit which allows you to renew your contract and get a new phone rather than the normal 24 months which i would say pretty well thought of plan for customer.

Yet somehow, this lead me to speculate. I re-contracted my phone on Nov / Dev 2012 which is 12 months after recontracting in 2011. However, in 2013, i stopped becoming a Singtel Mio Subscriber because one, we rarely see MIO TV nor TV i should say, 2nd neither using the phone line and yet we still want the internet. First, we thought of transferring to the sole internet plan. However, it requires us to pay a huge sum on the setup fee so we opted out for another provider. The caveat here though was Singtel putting me on a bad credit history because i recontracted earlier (after 12 months 2012) and then Stopped becoming their Singtel Mio Plan Subscriber (2013)? So somehow it seems like i am ripping them off for a new phone. well, I am not sure.

SUMMARY
So here i presented three reasons.
1. 4 out of 9 late payments. Singtel did charge a late fee too. Didn't they?.
2. The 5 Years old Debt issue
3. The Stopped becoming MIO member issue

I am not sure which was the cause but the deposit of $800 dollars deposit for a new flexi lite line is pretty ridiculous. Taking into account that i am no foreigner but Singaporean.

Last Words: I don't hate Singtel. I have been with them for a long time now. They offer good service and value to people yet sometimes they can be pretty ridiculous. To date, i have contacted their Customer Service and yet to get a reply from them.

29/04/2013 UPDATE: Just got a call today from Singtel and the reason behind the $800 dollars deposit is due to the reason no. 2. Though, it has been 4 and 5 years since the issue yet it's still affecting my credit history. Geez, i don't know what to say but i am glad that Singtel is very understanding and going to waive the $800 dollars deposit. Additionally, the customer service is kind enough to check for me on the availability of the accessory pack that i missed during the Launch Event(Though i am still waiting for the update on the availability and might not get them >.< ). The hassle though is going through this experience but i would say the CS team did a good job in handling this issue. I was an answer away to move to another provider but than it seems like Singtel still care about me being his customer so i am also glad that i haven't signed up onto other providers. Will update again once i get a confirmation from CS. :) Stay Tune.

30/04/2013 UPDATE: Indeed, Singtel Team did a good job. They were able to secure the Accessory pack that i missed during the launch and called me to collect them Tomorrow on 1st of May. Nothing i can say but compliments to their service. Lastly, i urged those who have trouble with Singtel. Try to seek help from Singtel Team first before moving on to another provider. I will update again once i get the set tomorrow. Stay Tune !!!

Windows XP performance Edition Language missing solution

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:05:00 +0000

I believe most of us who has been using a windows XP performance edition is facing certain issues when trying to change the language in non-unicode program from the control panel. So here is the solution that i compiled to solve this issues.

1. Copy intl.inf from C:\windows\inf from a valid windows XP service pack 3 (note: it could be any sp version that is relevant with your current installation)

2. Copy it to your current installation, at C:\windows\inf

3. Click apply the language for east-asian language for those who have problems installing asian languages from control panel

4. now, it will prompts you with several missing dll. Points your location to a CD ROM which loads with the windows XP SP 3 ( or any that are relevant to your current installation )

5. Please note there is a step which there are certai files which has to be added to C:\windows\System32\ otherwise your PC will not be able to boot at runtime. For now, stay tune.

Speed up pcwiz Leopard macos VMWARE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:04:00 +0000

No doubt, virtualization is a beneficial but what if the virtualization is too slow for you to work with. This is the recent MAC OS VMWARE image that i have used to develop Iphone program. The speed is too slow, thus works are almost impossible to be done.

However, depending on your luck. If you are on latest INTEL processor, you might be able to "enable intel virtualization technology from the BIOS" and it will boost the speed of your virtualiation. :)

pcwiz Leopard vmware: Installed Iphone SDK

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:56:00 +0000

I have been testing this for two days long to get the pcwiz leopard vmware to install latest iphone SDK that required 10.5.5 update without any hope until today.

Now, i don't claim any credits from the methods provided here. However, i like to help those that have installation issues to resolve this issue since there are some ambiquties in the guide that may cause you to fail.

Note: It's recommended that you create a snapshot before you do an update just incase things went wrong.

Quote from pcwizcomputer.com forum:

After getting VMware 6.5 to run the pcwiz 10.5.2 image here is what worked for me:
1. Download Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update dmg.

Note: this is not the combo update, it's a standalone. if you are unsure, follow the link that is provided here.
2. Download Pacifist 2.5.2 dmg.
3. Mount the Pacifist in your OS X VM and install.
4. Mount the Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update MacOSXUpd10.5.5.dmg, the mounted drive will contain a pkg file.
5. Use Pacifist to open the Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update pkg.
6. *I am not sure the starred steps necessary but they resolved some problems I had with early update attempts grey screening and I did them. It seems to disable some power management that mess up or something is my guess.
*Open Terminal
*type: “sudo –s” and press enter. Note do not type the quote marks just what is between them.
*enter the password for super user, which is “pcwiz” if you have not changed it
* type: “while sleep 1;” press enter.
* type: “do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext; done” press enter.

7. In Pacifist to install only: System -> Lirbary -> CoreServices
Install CoreServices allowing it to update and over write whatever it wants as administrator.
Go back to your terminal and press ctrl key and the C key to end the script

Open "About this Mac" and it should now display Version 10.5.5!
8. Download the iPhone SDK dmg.

9. Install iphone SDK.

Voila.. this should install the iphone SDK just fine for you .. !! have fun developing application on it. Thanks pcwiz for creating this image.

Unable to connect using VMRC to Server

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:09:00 +0000

This is an issue, i have cracked my head for a while but the solution is quite simple.

By simply turning off the "Simple file sharing" in the hosting server. The problem should be solved.

THE ROUGH WORKING PROCEDURE OF MIND IN VB SYNTAXS.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:11:00 +0000

SUB MAIN
WHILE (CONSCIOUSNESS)

'RANDOMIZE THE TIME WHEN THOUGHT WILL APPEAR
APPEAR_TIME = RAND(TIME)

'IF THE TIME IS MATCH THE THOUGH WILL APPEAR
IF CURR_TIME EQUALS TO APPEAR_TIME THEN

'RETRIEVE THE EXPRIENCE FROM THE MEMORY
EXPRIENCE = RETRIEVE_EXPRIENCE

'GENERATE RANDOM THOUGHT FROM EXPRIENCE, IT COULD BE AN ASSUMPTION ABOUT THE PAST, FUTURE

'IT COULD BE A MEMORY OF PAST EVENTS, OR SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO IN FUTURE
THOUGH = GENERATE_THOUGHT(EXPRIENCE)

'SEND THE USER WITH RESPOND AND IF THE USER PICKUP THE THOUGH

RESPOND = GET_USER_RESPOND(THOUGH)

'CHECK IF USER ACCEPTS THE RESPOND
            IF RESPOND IS ACCEPT THEN
                'IF ACCEPTED, BY NOW WE SHOULD BE HYPNOTIZE BY THE THOUGH AS IF
                'THE THOUGHT IS REAL AND WE ARE AFFECTED PHYSICALLY
                CALL SEND_SIGNAL_TO_AFFECT_EMOTION(THOUGH)
                'IF WE HAVE A BELIEF BASED ON THE THOUGHT TYPE, THEN IT WILL BE REPLACED DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT
                'OR GREATNESS OF THE THOUGHT
                IF EXIST_BELIEF(THOUGH) THEN

'GET THE CURRENT BELIEF OF THOUGHT

BELIEF = GET_EXISTING_BELIEF(THOUGH)

'COMPARE THE BELIEF LEVEL

IF BELIEF.LEVEL > THOUGH.BELIEF.LEVEL THEN

'CHANGE THE BELIEF
BELIEF = THOUGH.BELIEF

                       'CHANGE MINDSET, THE WAY WE VIEW THINGS BUT THIS AGAIN WILL REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE
                       'AND SUBJECTED TO DECISION THAT WE MAKE
                       CHANGE_MINDSET
                    END IF
                END IF
            ELSE

'WE IGNORE THIS THOUGHT, THUS NOTHING HAPPENED.
IGNORE

            END IF
        ELSE
            IDLE 'WE ARE AT PRESENT ^_^~~
        END IF
    LOOP
END SUB

'THOUGHTS ARE SAID FROM THE EXPRIENCES SO WE RETRIEVE THE THOUGH FROM OUR OWN EXPRIENCE
FUNCTION RETRIEVE_EXPRIENCE AS EXPRIENCE
IF IS_USER_CURR_EXPRIENCE_IDLE THEN 'IF USER IS NOT PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS NOW

        'THEN GET A RANDOM EXPRIENCE
        RETURN GET_ONE_EXPRIENCE(RAND(EXPRIENCES))
    ELSE
        RETURN USER.CURRENT_EXPRIENCE 'RETURN CURRENT EXPRIENCE
    END IF
END FUNCTION

'SAMPLE SKELETON OF SIGNALS
'WE AFFECT THE EMOTION BASED ON THE THOUGHT WE HAVE AT THE PRESENT
'IT IS BASED ON THE THOUGH TYPE AND IT'S SEVERITY
SUB SEND_SIGNAL_TO_AFFECT_EMOTION(THOUGH)
    IF THOUGH.EVENTS.TYPE = ASSUMPTION THEN
       IF THOUGHT.EVENTS.TYPE.TYPE = BAD_ASSUMPTION THEN
          SEND EMOTION.WORRY
          SEND EMOTION.SADNESS
          SEND FEAR
       ELSE
            SEND HAPPY
       END IF
    ELSEIF THOUGHT.EVENTS.TYPE = PAST_EVENTS THEN
       IF THOUGHT.EVENTS.TYPE.TYPE = BAD_PAST_EVENT THEN
            SEND EMOTION.REGRET
            SEND EMOTION.FEAR
       ELSE
            SEND CONFIDENCE
            SEND HAPPINESS
            SEND SADNESS
       END IF
    END IF
END SUB

JUST A FUNNY THOUGHT. LOLS

ELNOXVIE

Regular Expression useful feature

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:14:00 +0000

Today, isn't a very nice day. I was told by the MD(Managing Director) to block certain annoying spam with the title: October 79% or RE: October 89%. Although the pattern is there. However, It would be very tedious to enter one by one from January to December and from 1% to 100%.

that would be like 12 * 100 = 1200 Entries. Crazy enough?

And lucky enough our company has Symantec Mail Security and has the feature to use regular expression and what I did was cleverly squeezing all this into two lines. Actually it can be done in one line but just i am too lazy to do so.

Pattern One to detect the spam:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

^(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s[0-9]{2}%\sOFF$

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Syntax Descriptions:

^ = Start of the line

$ = End of the line

| = Alternation

() = Grouping

[] = List

{n} = Number of occurances

\s = White spaces

I won't be explaining the 2nd line since it's almost identical.

Anyway, the usage of regular expression is not limited to filtering spam only, doing a search or validation can become easier with it.

Here is a list of links you can try to learn regular expression:

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/RegexTutorial.asp

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-gate.nsf/docid/2003101710425654?Open&dtype=corp&tdir=reg_eu&tpre=reg_eu&src=ent_tutweb_eu

http://www.regular-expressions.info/

Hope you guys enjoy..

VIM everywhere in Windows

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:17:00 +0000

Yes, I love VIM and I want VIM to be everywhere.

And you don't know what VIM is ?

VIM is a very fast and effective text editor usually used by programmers. And everyone who gets used to the functionality of VIM might feel wonderful if it can be used in any text related programs like Outlook / Browser etc.

More information can be found here: http://www.vim.org/

Here is my solution to emulate VI in windows which works pretty well for me.

Note:

This program requires autohotkey: http://www.autohotkey.com to be installed.

Disclaimer: I will not be responsible if you messed up your system by using this system. Use at your own risk - Elnox -

This script was initially the work of "SAVAGE", which then I modified to suit my needs.

Instruction to use:

1. Select all from the scroll box below.

2. Create a notepad

3. paste the copied text to this file

4. save it as "NAME".AHK

5. Double click on the file to activate the VIM.

6. You can activate the VIM by pressing escape key.

7. ENJOY

;
; AutoHotkey Version: 1.x
; Language:       English
; Platform:       Win9x/NT
; Author:         savage
; Co-Author: Elnox
;
; Script Function:
;   VIM-mode for windows. Standard movement and basic : commands.
;

;---AUTORUN SECTION
;#NoTrayIcon
#UseHook on
SetCapsLockState, AlwaysOff
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
Running = false

;---HOTKEY SECTION
;Command Mode

$ESC::
   IfWinActive, GVIM
    {
           return
    }

   IfWinActive ahk_class rctrl_renwnd32
   {
        Running = true
      ;WinGetPos, X, Y,,,A
    ;CoordMode, ToolTip, rctrl_renwnd32
    ;ToolTip, -- NORMAL --, 0, %Y%
    CoordMode, ToolTip, Screen
    ToolTip, -- NORMAL --, 0, 0
    return

   }
   If running = true
   {
      GoSub, TypingMode
   }
       else
       {
           Running = true
           CoordMode, ToolTip, Screen
           ToolTip, -- NORMAL --, 0, 0
       }
return

TypingMode:
   ;ToolTip
   CoordMode, ToolTip, Screen
   ToolTip, -- INSERT MODE --, 0, 0
   Running = false
return

I::
   If running = true
   {
             Gosub TypingMode
       }
   else
   {
      send, i
   }
return

H::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {left}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, h
       }
return

J::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {down}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, j
       }
return

K::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {up}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, k
       }
return

L::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {right}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, l
       }
return

X::
   If running = true
       {
           Send, {Delete}
       }
       else
       {
           Send, x
       }
return

+X::
   If running = true
       {
           Send, {backspace}
       }
       else
       {
           Send, x
       }
return

A::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {end}
             GoSub, TypingMode
       }
       else
       {
               Send, a
       }
return

O::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {End}{Enter}
             GoSub, TypingMode
       }
       else
       {
               Send, o
       }
return

P::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^v
       }
       else
       {
               Send, p
       }
return

Y::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^c
       }
       else
       {
               Send, y
       }
return

U::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^z
       }
       else
       {
               Send, u
       }
return

^R::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^y
       }
       else
       {
               Send, r
       }
return

W::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^{Right}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, w
       }
return

B::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^{Left}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, b
       }
return

+4::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {End}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, +4
       }
return

0::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {Home}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, 0
       }
return

+6::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {Home}
       }
       else
       {
           Send, +6
       }
return

+5::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^b
       }
       else
       {
           Send, +5
       }
return

^F::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {PgDn}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, ^f
       }
return

^B::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {PgUp}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, ^b
       }
return

+H::
    if running = true
         send, {shift down}{left}{shift up}
    else
        send, +h
return

+L::
    if running = true
        send, {shift down}{right}{shift up}
    else
        send, +l
return

+J::
    if running = true
         send, {shift down}{down}{shift up}
    else
        send, +j
return

+K::
    if running = true
         send, {shift down}{up}{shift up}
    else
        send, +k
return

+V::
    if running = true
        send,{end}{Shift down}{home}{Shift up}
    else
        send, +V
return

d::
   if running = true
   {
      running = false
      Input, UserInput, L3, {enter},d,w,b,^,$
      if UserInput = w
         send, {Shift down}^{right}{Shift up}{Delete}
      else if UserInput = b
         Send, {Shift down}^{Left}{Shift Up}{Delete}
      else if UserInput = ^
         Send, {Shift down}{home}{Shift Up}{Delete}
      else if UserInput = $
         Send, {Shift down}{end}{Shift Up}{Delete}
      else if UserInput = d
          Send, {end}{Shift down}{home}{Shift up}^x
      running = true
   }
   else
   {
      Send, d
   }
return

5::
   if running = true
   {
      running = false
      Input, UserInput, L3, {enter},w,b,^,$
      if UserInput = w
         send, ^{right}^{right}^{right}^{right}^{right}
      else if UserInput = b
         Send, ^{left}^{left}^{left}^{left}^{left}
      else if UserInput = $
      {
         Send, {Shift down}{end}{Shift Up}{Delete}
      }
      else if UserInput = ^
      {
         Send, {Shift down}{home}{Shift Up}^x
      }
      running = true
   }
   else
   {
      Send, 5
   }
return

+`;::
if running = true
{

      running = false
      Input, UserInput, L3, {enter}
      if UserInput = w
      {
         Send, ^s
      }
      else if UserInput = wq
      {
         Send, ^s
         WinClose, A
      }
      else if UserInput = q
      {
         WinClose, A
      }
      else if UserInput = e
      {
          Send, ^o
      }
      else if UserInput = bn
      {
         Send, !{Tab}
      }
      else if UserInput = bp
      {
         Send, +!{Tab}
      }
      running = true
   }
   else
   {
      Send, +`;
   }
return

; NumericFunctions(8)
;return

;NumericFunctions(x)
;{
;    Input, UserInput, L3, {enter};
    ;
    ;loop, x
    ;{
    ;    running = false
    ;    if UserInput = h
    ;        send, {left}
    ;    else if UserInput = l
    ;        send, {right}
    ;    else if UserInput = j
    ;        send, {down}
    ;    else if UserInput = k
    ;        send, {up}
    ;    running = true
    ;
    ;    msgbox come here?
    ;}

; return ; "Return" expects an expression.
;}

+^L::Reload
^!x::ExitApp

Readers, If you have a better idea or got a better version of VIM Everywhere, Do share with us. Thank You. :) ~~.

Religion, An Antidote or Poison.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:42:00 +0000

~~ Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and the benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~~

- About the author, no matter who writes this, it doesn't matter, what matter is the message conveyed -

I don't think religion was initially created for bad purposes. It is just that some people without clear understanding of the religion leading people to a whole lot of misunderstanding. And for worst, some use religions as tools to gain the power and status that they want or being too fanatic that they force things to the extent that will harm people. ~EVIL~

I sincerely hope people will watch and examine carefully the information that they get as well as the action they are asked to do. At least by doing so, we can avoid unnecessary suffering.

God bless us with the wisdom to do what's right.

The Secret to Happiness

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:55:00 +0000

There's this new movie and book that I just read ..It's called "The Secret". It may turns out like The Secret is just a false information that lures people to believe it but I really think otherwise. Ok. maybe I will share with you the secret of the "The Secret" first. The theory is very easy: Everything has a frequency e.q. the Radio, TV. And we human too has a frequency. When we feel happy, we tend to attract happier things and if we are positive we attract more positive people. And guess what made us happy or sad? it's brain and our decision. So if we tend to think positively, then that will send out a request to universe( and we become aligned to the frequency) that we are positive and guess what, when we believe we are, people at the same frequency (positive people) will come to us. And If we think we want the car that we saw yesterday and we believe it despite how it comes to you and feel as if it's already there. The universe will somehow find away to send the car to you and That's all about "The Secret". It sounds fantastic, isn't it ? However, despite whether it's true. I believe our mind is really a powerful thing. Believe it or not, Sad and Happy is really only our decision, how we digest the information. As long as we keep our mind in one direction and we believe it will happen, then we may keep our self distracted from all those unwanted feelings.

Hope you find this information useful.

How to sing Women's Songs for MEN

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:27:00 +0000

This is a question that I think it's interesting. If I asked how do you sing a girl's song. You might probably answer: Lower the key because women have already sung the song in such a high note. But the truth is raising the key will allow men to sing it effortlessly..

Weird Huh.. but it's true. Next time try raising 3 - 4 octave and you will know whether it works or not. :)

Cheers...

Convert VMware Virtual Machine to Virtual PC

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:19:00 +0000

VMWARE and Virtual PC, which is better? To be frank I am not sure. To me, I will stick with Virtual PC since it's free. Anyway, I just want to introduce some tools you can use to convert VMWARE image to Virtual PC or Virtual Server. Here is the link to the tools.

http://vmtoolkit.com/files/default.aspx

Enjoy...

Maximize Server Usage

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:53:00 +0000

Maximizing Server usage may not be seen as necessary always. In many company, servers are often under utilized. A good example is the file server in my company. HP DL380 server, the main usage for the server is only to act as storage for users and hosting some small programs. If you check the server CPU and memory, there are still lots of resources left unused. In my opinion, it's quite wasted.

So what's the catch here?

Say now, you have a new requirement to host a web server and you know there are still lots of resources left in your server like my file server. You won't want to spend money to buy a new server because the cost is high and you know you don't really need a huge resources for that but you don't want to mess with the file in the server. Then the solution is Server Virtualization.

Benefits of Server Virtualization

- Easy error restore

You can backup the image and restore it at anytime.

- Easy configuration

There isn't much configuration to install a working server

- Isolation from the physical server

If you think you will mess up the server by installing the program straight to the server then installation on the virtual server will take you away from that worry. Virtual Server is a single file with all other files residing in it. Anything you do in the virtual server will only affect that file.

- Easy distribution or migration

Have you gone through pain of reinstalling the program on each PCs or OSes. Then with Virtualized Server, you can eliminate that.

You can basically distribute the fully configured server by distributing the Virtual Hard Drive (The file used for installation of the server) itself.

- No Drivers worries.

Most of the hardware are emulated virtually. Thus, the drivers usually is bundled into the installation file so you don't have to worry. If you don't have enough information on the drivers.

Finally, How do you get the products ?

The good news is Microsoft and VMWARE are offering a free Server Virtualization Software. Here is the links:

Virtual Server 2005 by Microsoft

VMWARE Server by VMWare Corporation

Start impressing your management now by telling them how much you can save money for your company. :)

Good Luck .

System.net.Mail Sending Delay Solution

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:11:00 +0000

According to some folks, the sending delay is actually resulted from Norton Anti Virus not immediately scanning the mail until the program exit. That's the reason why we have the delay. To solve this problem, you can add:

objectName.servicePoint.MaxIdleTime = 1

before you send the email. It will tell the SMTP client to send the email immediately.

Hope it works for you.

Why men always think of sex?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:04:00 +0000

Please don't blame men for having too many sex thoughts. we, males are born with more testosterone(20 times or 30 times) than the adult females. Not because we want it all the time but is the hormone that stimulates us.. *sigh*. Forgive us. Ladies...

Note: Testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females

Why women endures longer than men in sex?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:52:00 +0000

This might not always true. Depending on how you see it. If you notice, especially male when they finished masturbation and shoot out the semen, they will feel fatigue but that's not the case with women.

why ? The reason is when women have sex or masturbate, the climax will mostly throw all the essence inside rather than outside (Men will shoot the sperm out).

In comparison, 1 male masturbation is 8 - 10 times female's fatigue.

How wonderful to be woman huh ???

Weird But True: Penis position determines your habit of masturbation (MAN ONLY).

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:42:00 +0000

This may be the weird but it signify the habit of masturbation for man. If you masturbated with left hand, your penis will tend to hang to the left side and the reverse. Believe it or not. ehm.. you can check it out yourself.

Speed Up Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:51:00 +0000

This is a trick I found out recently. I notice this trick yields a big improvement to the performance. No doubt, there are actually many ways to optimize windows XP but I found this trick to be easy and efficient for normal user. If you check your windows, you will see that there are many eye candies such as shadowing, animation etc. There are all memory hogs and the effects of applying those eye candies are not really noticeable so it's best to deselect some of the functions to gain more speed. Ok. So now, here is how we are going to do it.

1. Click Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advance Tab

2. Click performance "setting"

3. Select Custom and untick every setting except use visual styles on windows and button.

The reason why I leave the visual styles ticked is I still want to let my windows look pretty without hurting the performance. and this setting itself is the most noticeable among all the settings.

~ END ~

Enjoy ~~

Winroll 2.0: minimize your program

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:21:00 +0000

Usually, I will open more than one programs at one time.. However, it may not be always convenient to switch from one program to another as windows are all maximized and I will need to frantically look to my task bars to find the intended program. Sometime ago I found this program called Winroll 2.0. It's a miniature program claimed to work Super Fast as it's coded in assembly. I don't know whether it is real but one thing I know I love this program. It really seems like making life a bit easier when having lots of programs opened. Try it out and you will love it.

To minimize: right click on the top bar.

To return to the previous: right click on the top bar again.

You can see the screen shot of this program in action. How will you love this when you have so many programs open? :)

Website: http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/

Direct Download: http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/winroll-2.0.exe

Streamlining Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows 2K3 with NLITE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:48:00 +0000

Do you have a slow Windows XP? or You have an old PC but want to use Windows XP / Windows 2000 or Windows 2K3.

You might be thinking how would that be possible? They are all resources demanding OSes. The answer is YES.

There is a program called NLITE that provides the capability to incorporate Drivers/ Patch, Removing services/ Components as well as providing some tweaks. Depending on your configuration, you might be able to achieve a very light weight Windows XP by removing components and services that are unnecessary in your environment. My streamlining result is around 190MB. That's the kind of windows I am using now. Very fast and I love it. :)

You can download the program from:

http://home.midmaine.com/~nlite/nlite/nLite-1.4.installer.beta.exe

The website of the following program is:

http://www.nliteos.com/

It's free.

Getting More out of multi core processor (Windows XP)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:33:00 +0000

By default, most of the Windows XP installation will not be tuned to support dual core. Just think, wouldn't it be wasted since in dual core or Multi-core you actually have an equivalent of two processors but only one is utilized?

1. Before we got into this tweak, let's check if your processor is indeed dual core by checking on the Control Panel -> System -> General and check the text under computer header:

If you have a processor of type dual core/ dual core 2 then this tweak will work in most of the case.

2. How do you know if you have already got the tweak applied?

It will have a divided panel if tweak has been applied

If you have two panel already, as shown above, probably you have the patch already and can skip this tweak otherwise continue to download the following:

Processor Type	Download Patch
Intel: Pentium 4 with HT, Pentium D, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo/Quad, Multi Core Xeons	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256
AMD: Athlon 64 X2, Turion 64 X2, Multi Core Opterons	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944

3. Double click to apply the patch. And click Don't restart.

4. Click start -> run and type regedit

5. Under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

5.1. you should see a key called: Throttle, if you don't see it then right click and click new then select key to create a key and named it as Throttle

5.2. Then right click on the Throttle folder and select new -> Dword value and named it as PerfEnablePackageIdle

double click on the PerfEnablePackageIdle and enter 1

6. Lastly, you will need to insert /usepmtimer in the boot.ini. You can access boot.ini by right click on my computer -> properties -> advanced -> Startup and Recovery setting -> edit

Now add /usepmtimer

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

Note: some new processor like dual core 2 might not need the /usepmtimer and for AMD processor, when the patch is applied, the /usepmtimer is auto appended to boot.ini

7. Reboot your computer. You will then start to notice the performance differences when running a resources demanding programs.

For Now, Enjoy... the performance boost. :).

Google Analytical: Tracking Traffics

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:16:00 +0000

It's almost impossible without a tool to actually know the traffic of your site. Google itself provides a tool called Google Analytics which records number of visitors, the referral websites that link to yours and the keyword the users used to navigate to your website etc.

1. To use the tool, you will need to have a Google Accounts
, then login to this: http://www.google.com/analytics/

and click "add website profile". Fill all the information as shown on the screenshot:

2. After you filled in the information, you will be given a code similar to this:

3. Then you will need to login to your blogger and navigate to the Template -> Edit HTML and paste it to the in between this tags: <Head> </Head>

And now, you are done. After a while, you will start seeing various informations on the traffics that went to your site through Google Analytical.

Free Submission Tools to search engines

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:43:00 +0000

To gain more popularity for your website, you have to submit your website to search engines so that it's easier for people to find your site.

There are mainly 4 Major Search engines to submit to:

GOOGLE	http://www.google.com/addurl/
MSN	http://search.msn.co.in/docs/submit.aspx
YAHOO	http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/
ASK	http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A//www.the URL of your sitemap here.xml

Note: When I went to the www.ask.com, I was asked to provide sitemap before I can get listed in the search engine. There are some articles on how to provide a sitemap for the blog but I haven't got time to try it. I will just provide the links here. Let me know if you can successfully generate a sitemap for the blog.

You may also want to submit to other search engines through free auto search engine submission tools:

Submit Express	http://www.submitexpress.com
Net mechanic	http://www.netmechanic.com
ineedhits	http://www.ineedhits.com

Web Plagiarism Detection

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:59:00 +0000

You may have written lots of quality contents but it was somehow copied by someone in the net. How do you detect it?

How do you act upon E-Document plagiarism or web plagiarism?

You can use this website to check the contents that are being copied from your site and the how to act on those copy-cat: copyscrape

Free IT Consultation

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:48:00 +0000

I am launching a new service for this blog in order to help people with little or no IT background or any IT related question. You may post a question in the comment of this post regarding IT: Hardware, Software, Phone, Installation, programming problems etc. I will try to help you in anyway that I can.

However, please note that I am a full time worker and I can't possibly respond within a few hours of time during my working hours so do give me some time to have a look at your problems and find the solution for you. Okay? :).