~ignorance is bliss~

How to Force Install Windows Update Package

2018-02-21T10:57:00.001+08:00

Have you ever get this annoying error when you tried to install offline update package from Microsoft?

Well, there are a couple of things you can check before you force install the package, which is as tabled below:

Otherwise, you can use below steps to force install the package

Put the package anywhere in you PC eg: U drive
Run the command

expand -F:* "pathToPackage.msu" "
Example: expand -F:* "U:\2018-02 Security Monthly Quality Rollup forWindows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4074594).msu" "U:\New folder"

Then

DISM.exe /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:"pathToExtractedCabFile.cab"

Example: DISM.exe /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:"U:\New folder\Windows8.1-KB4074594-x64.cab"

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

How To Enable Ralink MT7601U WiFi Dongle With Linux uBuntu 17.04

2017-09-29T10:56:00.002+08:00

Open up terminal and run as superuser, then:

1. Open config file
nano /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

2. Append following lines into config file and save/write
[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

3. Restart network manager
service network-manager restart

Should be good now.

Motorcycle Fork Oil Viscosity Table

2016-11-15T17:17:00.000+08:00

Go here and download: HERE

Cara Mendapatkan Rebet Tunai Apabila Shopping Online

2016-09-19T18:38:00.001+08:00

Jika korang antara berbilyun-bilyun orang yang suka shopping online, saya nak introduce satu website yang boleh berikan rebate cash untuk korang tiap kali korang shopping online. Websitenya adalah Shopback (link SINI).

Teruskan membaca.

Apa itu Shopback?

Shopback dalam bahasa mudahnya adalah 'getting cash back' dimana korang boleh mendapat sebahagian daripada purchase spending anda sebagai cash back. Ini bermakna, korang boleh mendapat extra, penjimatan tanpa had tiap kali korang shopping.

Apa kaitan Shopback dengan Lazada, Groupon, Agoda dan lain2?

Shopback berkongsi commision dengan laman web online shopping dan memberikan sebahagian komisen kepada korang tiap kali korang shopping melalui Shopback. Jadi, korang boleh dapat penjimatan tanpa had untuk kedai-kedai online kegemaran korang ni bergantung pada berapa percentage cash back yang tertera. Antara kedai online yang terlibat

Macamana nak guna Shopback?
Untuk guna shopback dan dapatkan cash rebate, anda perlu register terlebih dahulu. Klik SINI.
Isikan/set email dan password korang.
Sesudah itu, login dan follow steps2 dibawah untuk shopping.

SELAMAT BERSHOPPING!!!~

Lightweight Car Wheel / Rim List

2016-04-15T10:38:00.002+08:00

Light weight wheel or rims are one of the basic thing you can upgrade to your ride. It lowers the unsprung weight, have less rolling resistance making your car has less restriction that bogs down the engine power.

There is thousands of wheels you can choose from and this could be a headache if one has to survey each shop looking for the wheels that meet their requirement.

Fret not, below is the link to the excel sheet I'm sharing with you. You can sort it by size/weight that you are looking for and start hunting it from your local shops or internet. Hasn't be updated for quite some time but I believe it can help you in choosing best wheel for your ride.

Link HERE.

Cara Repair Video GoPro Yang Corrupt

2016-01-18T18:04:00.000+08:00

Baru-baru ni aku dengan kawan-kawan pergi ke A'Famosa Melaka. Saja lah pergi untuk melawat-lawat kawasan kononnya lah hahaha.
Dalam banyak-banyak water slide tu, yang paling thrill adalah yang Big Ice Cream tu yang bentuk seakan-akan vuvuzuela yang orang banyak tiup masa FIFA Brazil dulu tuuu.
Anyway, salah satu video yang aku capture masa ride tu, dia corrupt dan aku perasan masa nak edit. Rasanya sebab ada gegaran kuat tu la sebabnya. Google punya google, jumpa satu cara ni yang mudah dan efektif menyelesaikan masalah video file corrupt.

Caranya:

1. Download zip file dari SINI dan extract dalam PC anda
2. Program ni demo version, dia hanya akan process separuh daripada video tu, jadi sebagai workaround, kita doublekan size video asal.
3. Copy file yang bermasalah tu ke satu tempat contoh C drive. Bagi nama contoh video1.mp4. Buat lagi satu copy yang sama, bagi nama contoh video2.mp4. Untuk gabungkan file tu, pakai command prompt dan guna command seperti di bawah:

copy/b video1.mp4+video2.mp4

Dengan ini, dia akan merge 2 file itu jadi dalam 1 file (video1.mp4).
5. Sekarang masa untuk process. Pastikan anda ada satu file/video yang takda masalah sebagai rujukan untuk software tu.
5. Run file gs.exe, pilih bahasa (English).
6. Tekan button "Choose movie" dan pilih video yang kita dah merge tadi (video1.mp4)
7. Sekarang, tekan butang "choose reference movie" dan pilih video yang tiada masalah.
8. Sekarang tekan "Scan". Anda boleh pilih target destination untuk file yang dah direpair kat menu "option".
9. Setelah siap, cuba mainkan file baru tu. Kalau tak boleh jugak, kiranya file tu memang sudah totally corrupt dan tak dapat dibaiki lagi dah.

Semoga berjaya!!

Sekitar Asean Autoshow Di Mines Convention Center Sri Kembangan

2015-11-17T22:08:00.000+08:00

Honda CB650F CBR650F CB650FA CBR650FA Workshop Service Manual

2015-10-27T19:41:00.003+08:00

Head to below link to download.
LINK

Canon MP258 Printer Driver

2015-03-11T14:22:00.000+08:00

Seems its getting abit difficult to obtain this old all in one printer driver. If you have the same model, can download from the link below.

Download link HERE.

Intel NUC Unboxing and Assembling

2015-02-10T12:56:00.001+08:00

Last week I've decided to upgrade my existing home media player with an Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC) and setup it as HTPC.

The main reason is versatility and performance and user friendliness. I'm planning to install Windows to make it simpler for my family to use.

I bought the unit from local retailer and chose the D54250WYKH and this model come with i5 4th generation intel haswell processor and also included with SATA for expandability.

So head forward, and check my unboxing and assembling of Intel NUC.

Entire package. D54250WYKH, 80GB mSATA SSD, 8GB RAM

Back of the box

Box opened. You'll be greeted with Intel chime..cooll

First off, is the unit itself and power brick.
You'll need to buy power cord separately

With VESA mount to attach to back of your TV

Now lets get to installation which pretty much very quick one.

Things you need. Screw driver, and also parts as mentioned earlier

Once open 4 screws at the bottom, pull out the bottom cover

Pull out the 2.5in drive tray and put it aside

Now install the mSATA SSD in the slot located on the left

Next is the RAM. This model supports up to 16GB RAM.

Reposition the drive tray and close with bottom cover

Screw the bottom cover and the installation completes.
Can proceed with software installation.

Alrighty. That's it for this post. Going to setup my HTPC as per planned. :D

How To Use Whatsapp in Desktop PC

2015-01-22T16:56:00.000+08:00

Recently, the Whatsapp has been made available on the web. To get this to function, you need to perform the following:

1. Update Whatapp in your Android phone
    Go to Play Store and proceed to update to latest version of Whatsapp

2. Install Google Chrome
    Install the browser. So far I tried, only works on Chrome even though I've tried to use Chrome user agent in Mozilla

3. Go to:
    https://web.whatsapp.com/

4. Once loaded, scan QR code
    Open up Whatsapp in your phone, go to settings, select "WhatsApp Web" menu. Proceed to scan QR code appear in your browser and walah!..you can now use Whatsapp in your browser.

NJOY

How To Get Computer Serial Number from Windows OS Level

2015-01-08T10:56:00.001+08:00

This is simple method to obtain serial number of the computer from the OS level rather than physically go to the computer and search from S/N on the sticker.

1. Open command prompt and run as administrator
2. Type:
a. To get serial number: "wmic bios get serialnumber"
b. To get the model name: "wmic csproduct get name"

Hope this helps.

Regain and Recover Administrator Role in MS SQL Database

2014-10-01T16:49:00.001+08:00

If you happen to have lost your MSSQL SA credential or something goes haywire where you couldn't login as SA, you might think that the only way forward is to built everything from scratch.
Fortunately, MSSQL left a pretty cool trick to manually add sysadmin to the database. Here's how.

Firstly, you must have the following:
1. At least administrator account to the server you accessing. This could be local account, or domain account and it must in the Administrators group
2. Be prepared to have downtime to your database instance.
3. Get the id ready eg: contoso/admin01

Steps
1. Open SQL server configuration console
2. Stop the MSSQL server instance
3. Now, if you have SQL server agent, stop that as well
4. Now run command prompt as administrator
5. Navigate to your SQL instance Binn folder via 'cd' command. eg: c:/Program Files/Microsoft SQL/MSSQL/Binn
6. From there, execute sqlservr.exe with single user mode using this command: 'sqlservr.exe -m'
7. Now the SQL instance is running in single user mode. Open up another command prompt as administrator.
8. Type in these command 1 after another to add another sysadmin. Press Enter to go to next line
EXEC sp_addsrvrolemember 'contoso\admin01', 'sysadmin';
GO
9. You might don't receive any feedback from the command, but no worries, it's there *fingers crossed
10. Stop the instance by 'ctrl+c' and reply 'y' in the first cmd window
11. Now go back to SQL server configuration console, start the instance and server agent again
12. Run MSSQL studio, and login using windows authentication. You need to login the server using credential used previously eg: 'contoso\admin01'
13. Hopefully you can login now as system admin.

Hope this helps:)

Unboxing Xiaomi Mi3

2014-09-14T15:03:00.002+08:00

Yeah finally the package arrived! I must say, they exceed my expectation as they managed to deliver 2 days earlier. Great job Xiaomi and UPS.

This is not going to be a thorough review, just to show what's included.

Without further ado..

Box and knife

Teaser

This the the real deal

Some of the spec.

The treasure

That feeling when u peel off the plastic

Back - look and feel premium

Booting up

Done. Ready to whack

Given the Xiaomi managed to offer this kind of high end device with dirt cheap price, really is game changing..and I feel they took over lenovo reign in this offer. Looking forward for Mi 4.
And Xiaomi, please add more ready stock..heh!

Just Secured a...

2014-09-09T15:24:00.001+08:00

Xiaomi Mi 3 from Xiaomi Malaysia.

Excited. XD

Wait for it.....

NEC/RENESAS PCIe USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver

2014-07-19T23:56:00.002+08:00

Let me guess. Most probably you are here is because you are searching driver for below Device IDs

PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0014&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03

You might bought the device in eBay and the driver included is not working. Well, fear not, I might have solution for you.

Head to this LINK and download the package. Extract it and run the .exe.

*fingers crossed. Don't forget to leave some comment if this works for you :)

Cheers.

How To Verify Samsung Phone Warranty Through SMS in Malaysia

2014-05-29T16:47:00.001+08:00

Type new SMS message:

PC [imei #]

Send to:

62002 for Celcom user
33802 for other telco user.

Windows Not Automatically Mount Your USB Stick/Ext HDD?

2014-02-26T13:56:00.002+08:00

In case you are wondering why all of the sudden your OS doesn't automatically mount your flash drive and you had to manually assign drive letter, this may caused by your auto mount is disabled. Usually, people who recently installed disk/partition management software will encounter this problem.

To rectify this, simple re-enable the automount.

1. Launch command prompt: CTRL+R > type 'cmd' > enter
2. Run diskpart utility: type 'diskpart' > enter
3. Enable auto mount: type 'automount enable'

Hope this helps :)

How To Enable Windows Installer Service In Safe Mode

2014-01-29T08:26:00.001+08:00

When things go wrong with your Windows especially after new software or driver installation/upgrade, among first thing you can do is to uninstall the program that causes the problem. But what if the new program somehow make you unable to boot into normal Windows state? Yeah you can boot into safe mode and uninstall but the things is, by default Windows Installer service are not running during safe mode. This service is required to perform installation, maintenance and removal of software in Windows.

There's a simple way to enable the service though by editing the registry entry. All we have to do is to add new REG_SZ key with the service name 'MSIServer' and the value data 'Service'.

To make it simpler for you, you can just download this file onto your desktop and run it. It will automatically register the entry into your computer registry.

Hope this helps you in some way:)

How To Toggle Fullscreen with Remote Desktop Connection in Windows

2013-11-26T14:05:00.000+08:00

For most IT related staff, I'm sure you guys use remote desktop or mstsc quite frequently. For me, one of the most common problem with it is the fullscreen bug. When you are doing your remote in fullscreen and you minimize or downsize the window, it will most likely to not revert to fullscreen windows when you maximize the window. At the beginning, I will simply close the window and relaunch remote desktop with fullscreen mode.

But, there is a way to toggle to fullscreen..quite simple actually. The keystrokes is Ctrl+Alt+Break.
For HP Pavilion dv4 users like me, the keystrokes is Ctrl+Fn+Alt+Right Shift key.

Thats it. Hopefully this will help somebody and if you have different key combination for different PC, do share in comment section.

Adios!

Sample of Insurance Policy Cancellation Letter

2013-07-17T15:10:00.002+08:00

Just want to share the sample of insurance cancellation letter I once use to cancel mine.

Download from here and edit the doc with your details.

Steam Summer Sale is On!

2013-07-13T20:18:00.002+08:00

Just a quick info for Steam user out there.
From 11 till 22 July 2013, there is summer sale on Steam so plan your time wisely and get your favourite games for up to 90% discounted price.

Another thing is, I provide service for any of you that need my help to buy steam games. I'll send to you as a gift and you can download rightaway.

Send me an email at senndoh@gmail.com.

P/S: Thanks to Fizi, anhilios_84, notskedofu767, Fendi. Nice dealing with u guys. Hope we can deal again next time :)

The Truth About Analytical Thinker

2013-07-11T15:09:00.002+08:00

I stumbled upon an article at HERE where the author describe the attributes of analytical thinker which most/all of them are true; atleast for me though.

It is quite a good write so I would like to share it.

1: Information addict

Analytical thinkers just can’t get enough information. They devour Web pages about everything from the weather to the latest high tech gadget. They are gluttons for online discussions, but they’re more often lurkers than participants. They have voracious appetites for facts and figures of any kind. They head straight for the specs page when shopping for anything more technologically sophisticated than an alarm clock. The siren call of the Internet cries out, “Step right up to the buffet — all the information you can eat for one low price”.

I can understand how this behavior might be really annoying to a family member. Please understand it is natural for humans to seek after information — just not as compulsively as the analytical thinker seeks it. Come to think of it, this propensity for information binging might explain the swelled heads of a few IT personnel I have encountered over the years.

2: Vacillatory

Most people see only one side of a controversial issue. Not the analytical thinker. To him, every issue has pros and cons. To him, the glass can be both half full and half empty at the same time. The analytical will inevitably be known as Dr. Doom to some and the eternal optimist to others. Being both a pessimist and an optimist gives the impression to friends that the analytical is wishy-washy, assuming he has any friends.

3: Indecisive

Because the analytical likes to gather as many facts as possible before making an informed decision, he may be perceived by others as being indecisive. The phrase “lead or get off the pot” could apply to the analytical manager who is so busy gathering information that he often overlooks the value of a quick, definitive decision.

4: Insensitive

I was once explaining parts of a client/server system to Mark, one of our mainframe guys. I pointed to the screen and said something like, “As you can see right here…” There was only one problem with that gesture and statement: Mark was totally blind. I was so embarrassed that I froze and said nothing. Had Mark been able to see he would have seen a flushed face with perspiration beginning to form at the hairline. This kind of “foot in mouth” behavior isn’t that unusual for an analytical. I now realize that I should have had the courtesy to acknowledge my gaffe and apologize, but words failed me at the time. It may be more than 15 years late, but Mark please accept this apology for my insensitivity.

5: Habitual

“You want me to do what– skip lunch? Are you kidding?” Missing lunch to complete some inane pet project for my manager was physically upsetting. My blood pressure rose. My stress hormones rose. Yes, I was angry. Stand well clear of a hypoglycemic logician when sustenance has been withheld!

It can be hard to for analyticals to break their habits. They prefer the predictable, daily routine and are resistant to change. A left-brain thinker may lack motivation when starting a new project, but once started, they are like a persistent bulldog working to complete the project. It’s not that they can’t accept change; analyticals would just prefer it not intrude upon their comfort zone

6: Socially inept

I once told a young lady who I was friends with that she was overweight. Well, she did ask. I never got a chance to tell her that it, the weight, was in all the right places. Analyticals take matters literally — too literally. It is not the intention of the analytical to be critical but rather to provide an honest assessment, although it is almost always perceived as criticism. Unfortunately for the well-intentioned analytical, people don’t like an “honest assessment” of their looks, behavior, general hygiene, or body fat index. The irony is that these socially oblivious, albeit honest assessors usually don’t take criticism well themselves.

7: Skeptical

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” Abraham Lincoln is supposed to have said this. Politicians, of all people, know that it’s hard to fool a logical thinker. If you want to sell anything to left-brain thinkers, you’d better explain why they need it. An analytical needs facts, not feelings or persuasive platitudes.

If you are a manager trying to convince a team of programmers that a project can be completed two months ahead of schedule, you’d better come armed with facts to support how such a miracle can be achieved. The pushback you are almost certain to receive is a predictable response from the cynical analytical.

8: Poor marketers

The very thing that makes analyticals good product reviewers is what makes them poor at the sales pitch. They thoroughly and accurately note both the positive and negative attributes of the product they are reviewing. One of the important skills needed to land a job is self promotion. While others may exaggerate their positive traits, the analytical person does not. Stating that you prefer working with computers rather than people may be an honest and unbiased analysis but is perceived as a black mark by the interviewer. I know I am weak at promoting myself. I have worked at improving my marketing skills. But if I could get away with it, I would hire a marketing specialist for my next job interview!

9: Politically incorrect

When I write I try to address the very real possibility that there might actually be personages of the female persuasion reading my musings. I try to throw in at least one” he or she” in recognition of this. The truth is that I put readability ahead of political correctness. Right or wrong, I believe that including references to both genders is tedious for the patient reader. So ladies, please forgive my political incorrectness. I am indeed honored to have you as a guest.

10: Loners

We analyticals would rather spend time alone with a good book or movie than with people. It’s not that we dislike people, per se. We just find them boring, uninspiring, and mundane. To the all seeing and all knowing analytical, the average person is like the emperor in the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes“– there’s nothing there. I mean, really, when was the last time you found someone who wanted to discuss the theory of relativity or the law of diminishing marginal returns?

The bottom line

Sure, the analytical thinker can appear to be cold, insensitive, and logical, somewhat akin to the personality of Mr. Spock, but the world needs these attributes. After all, it would take only oneanalytical lemming to save the others from mythological disaster by telling his friends, “Hey guys, I don’t think this cliff diving idea is so good after all.”

Every curse is a blessing in disguise. Because analytical thinkers like information in tabular format, I give you the 10 blessings for the aforementioned curses:

So tell us, are you an analytic thinker yourself?

Windows Installer Service Could Not Be Accessed Error

2013-06-01T19:25:00.001+08:00

The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed.
This can occur if you are running Windows in safe
mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly
installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.

If you ever encounter this error while installing or removing windows application, try to re-register windows installer component.

1. Press shortcut key to Run - Windows button + R
2. Type in " msiexec /regserver" (without quote)
3. Press enter

Try to install/remove software again. Hopefully that works :)

MSSQL: How To Retrieve Your Product ID

2013-04-03T15:37:00.002+08:00

The product ID/key for MS SQL is located in registry and is in unreadable format (binary I guess). Anyway, I found the script from HERE and would like to share with you guys. Works like charm and also it worth to mention that it DOESNT work on SQL 2005. :(

1. Copy below script

function Get-SQLserverKey {
## function to retrieve the license key of a SQL 2008 Server.
param ($targets = ".")
$hklm = 2147483650
$regPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Setup"
$regValue1 = "DigitalProductId"
$regValue2 = "PatchLevel"
$regValue3 = "Edition"
Foreach ($target in $targets) {
$productKey = $null
$win32os = $null
$wmi = [WMIClass]"\\$target\root\default:stdRegProv"
$data = $wmi.GetBinaryValue($hklm,$regPath,$regValue1)
[string]$SQLver = $wmi.GetstringValue($hklm,$regPath,$regValue2).svalue
[string]$SQLedition = $wmi.GetstringValue($hklm,$regPath,$regValue3).svalue
$binArray = ($data.uValue)[52..66]
$charsArray = "B","C","D","F","G","H","J","K","M","P","Q","R","T","V","W","X","Y","2","3","4","6","7","8","9"
## decrypt base24 encoded binary data
For ($i = 24; $i -ge 0; $i--) {
$k = 0
For ($j = 14; $j -ge 0; $j--) {
$k = $k * 256 -bxor $binArray[$j]
$binArray[$j] = [math]::truncate($k / 24)
$k = $k % 24
}
$productKey = $charsArray[$k] + $productKey
If (($i % 5 -eq 0) -and ($i -ne 0)) {
$productKey = "-" + $productKey
}
}
$win32os = Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem -computer $target
$obj = New-Object Object
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty Computer -value $target
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty OSCaption -value $win32os.Caption
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty OSArch -value $win32os.OSArchitecture
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty SQLver -value $SQLver
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty SQLedition -value $SQLedition
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty ProductKey -value $productkey
$obj
}
}

2. Open up windows powershell
3. Rightclick in the powershell window. It should paste above code, otherwise select paste
4. Type in: "Get-SQLserverKey". Press enter. In certain cases you may need to press enter twice, or thrice

If you get error null exception, that means that you didnt have any MSSQL installed OR yours is evaluation version.

Updated 15/3/2016
For SQL 2012, please use below script.It has some minor changes as previous script won't work on 2012.

function GetSqlServerProductKey {
## function to retrieve the license key of a SQL 2008 Server.
param ($targets = ".")
$hklm = 2147483650
$regPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Setup"
$regValue1 = "DigitalProductId"
$regValue2 = "PatchLevel"
$regValue3 = "Edition"
Foreach ($target in $targets) {
$productKey = $null
$win32os = $null
$wmi = [WMIClass]"\\$target\root\default:stdRegProv"
$data = $wmi.GetBinaryValue($hklm,$regPath,$regValue1)
[string]$SQLver = $wmi.GetstringValue($hklm,$regPath,$regValue2).svalue
[string]$SQLedition = $wmi.GetstringValue($hklm,$regPath,$regValue3).svalue
$binArray = ($data.uValue)[0..16]
$charsArray = "B","C","D","F","G","H","J","K","M","P","Q","R","T","V","W","X","Y","2","3","4","6","7","8","9"
## decrypt base24 encoded binary data
For ($i = 24; $i -ge 0; $i--) {
$k = 0
For ($j = 14; $j -ge 0; $j--) {
$k = $k * 256 -bxor $binArray[$j]
$binArray[$j] = [math]::truncate($k / 24)
$k = $k % 24
}
$productKey = $charsArray[$k] + $productKey
If (($i % 5 -eq 0) -and ($i -ne 0)) {
$productKey = "-" + $productKey
}
}
$win32os = Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem -computer $target
$obj = New-Object Object
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty Computer -value $target
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty OSCaption -value $win32os.Caption
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty OSArch -value $win32os.OSArchitecture
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty SQLver -value $SQLver
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty SQLedition -value $SQLedition
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty ProductKey -value $productkey
$obj
}
}