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Potential solution here…
http://www.soemin.net/2009/09/i-really-like-to-break-this-code.html
Enjoy…
According to Techradar due to the EU stopping Microsoft including IE8 in Windows Version 7, this will stop new Vista users upgrading to 7. Instead they will need to do a full re-install of the OS.
So, Thats not going to happen then.
What a mess.
Maybe I need to move out of the EU.
Unbelievable – Thanks EU
So the EU Red Tape strikes again.
UPDATED: 29/07/2009 – Looks like Microsoft are trying to get the EU to let the End-user choose from a list of browsers. Fingers crossed that they let them
This week has seen both
amazon [BBC News] and Wiki [Wiki]
request an opt out from Phorm/Webwise scanning system.
Phorm/Webwise currently only allows websites to opt-out by email [BT Webwise].
Its a real shame they are not following the robots.txt file correctly by their name instead of checking generic search robot exclusions.
A simple (an example – not valid):
Disallow: / User-agent: phorm User-agent: webwise
would then allow websites to easily stop the phorm/webwise scanners.
Hopefully with time, this ability will be added by the people at phorm.
For the past few weeks i have noticed that the syncing of my iPhone has stopped working. I have basically been ignoring it. When iTunes has got to the sync of the calendar information, it just continues for ever and never stops. On one occasion i left it for around 5 hours.
I decided to try and sort it out.
Searching the web for inspiration has found many people with the same problem but no solution.
In iTunes in Edit -> Preferences
There is a ‘Reset Sync History’ Button
itunes hanging calendar sync
Performing a ‘sync reset’, seems to clear the problem, all other attempts like removal of calendars and adding of the calendar again failed.
I’m sure there are many other BMW drivers out their, who in what is probably just a lack of concentration, remove the key from the ignition of the car followed by pressing the start and stop button.
I know I have done this a number of times, probably as I am so used to putting the key in, followed by immediately pressing the start button.
Last night, on returning home, I did this very thing.
I parked the car, put it in Park, pressed the stop button, took off my glasses and then took the key out. For some reason known to no one, i then pressed the start/stop button again (thinking the car was still running).
What happened next was surprising, the car started. There was no key in the slot. But the car started.
Before pressing stop again, I took a picture. Not a very clear picture, but this really happened. I revved the engine so you can see the engine is in fact working with no key. I obviously didn’t try driving it, but everything seemed to be working. Key Less.
Strange, very strange…
BMW Running without a KEY
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I got my first Microsoft Presenter Mouse 8000 around 18 months ago.
I would go to say, it is the best mouse I have ever had (even given the problems I have had with it – more below). It immediately resolved what I classed as early RSI in my wrist, much more comfortable to use than my previous Explorer mouse.
Yes it is small, but very usable and doubles up for its presentation functions which I do use from time to time.
I have had problems with it working with my Dell M1300, there appears to be a connectivity issue where regularly the mouse slows down from its normal movement pace. This is incredibly annoying but only occurs when using the built in Bluetooth Stack, not when using the dongle that came with the mouse. The problem can always be corrected by adjusting the line of sight to the machine.
This is a strange issue, as you can use the mouse Meters away from the machine and it works fine, but when you are 30cms away from the pc it can flareup and cause its anoying effect. But still, I love it – i’ve tried to find a solution to this but now given up.
Even with what is a really annoying problem, I still decided to purchase a 2nd mouse for my MAC.
I swapped the mice over, so the new one was on my PC (my main machine).
So… 18 months on, the next problem is now starting to annoy me.
At the side of the mice is a rubber grip. Unfortunately the grip seems what I can only describe as disolve. Its very hard to describe, so heres a picture showing the problem:
Microsoft Presenter Mouse 8000
The top one is the most used. I am right handed, so the left hand side is much worse than the right.
Not a lot I can do about that – if anyone knows of a solution to this or the bluetooth connectivity problem, please do let me know.
BUT – I would still purchase the mice again, even though the mice are not cheap.
Hopefully, Microsoft will bring out an updated version of this model that does not have the same problem.
I first tried Google Chrome when it came out.
As well as the silly EULA (Now Amended by Google) one other bug issue I had with it was it wouldn’t run Java plugins.
I thought it was time to try again, and as if by magic, it is now working.
I don’t know what changed, it may be my machine that I upgrade Java in, or it may be Google’s Chrome.
Either way, it now works.
Now the hunt is on to find an ad-blocker….
Google have done it again, adding a feature they call “transit layer” to their google maps and google earth products.
A suitable overlay is added when the “transit” layer is added. Whilst coving London, there are many other cities that now get the same treatment.
Google Transit Layer Example
Full details can be found here: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-ways-to-get-around-with-transit.html.
At last, we can now easily see that the circle line, is in fact, not a circle.
When the iphone is out of cell signal for a period of time (overnight), the iphone appears to poll to check for a new signal from the cell at longer and longer intervals. This is good in general, as constantly polling the cell tower would very quickly deplete the battery.
However, when moving back into an area with cell coverage (which in my case just means moving outside), the amount of time before the phone re-connects can be very long. The exception to this is that if the main button is pressed to wake the phone up, the phone immediately performs a cell tower check and reconnects.
If you get into a car however without pressing the button, you can be driving around with no phone signal for quite awhile. This is even the case if you have the phone paired to the car via bluetooth.
In this instance, the pairing is completed, and the phone continues to not check the cell tower for quite sometime – Unless the button is pressed as you approach the car (which does resolve the problem, however most inconvenient).
So until Apple make the cell search start when the bluetooth pairs (which would probably be the easiest fix) dont forget to wake up the iphone before setting off.
This happens everyday to me 
, i must try and remember to press that button.
[Update 22nd September 2009]
So, 10 months on, Version 3 of the O.S. and guess what, still the same problem, i love the iPhone, but need the connectivity reliability of a main stream brand. After all, this is supposed to be a mobile telephone first and foremost
Windows Professional or Ultimate ?
December 22, 2009 in Comment | Tags: dual, monitors, multiple, professional, rdp, remote, remote desktop, ultimate, window | Leave a comment
When is Windows Professional Not
All I want to do is a ‘Remote Desktop’ connection using Multiple Monitors (different resolutions).
A feature that is supposedly available in windows 7.
After all, i now have the “Use multiple monitors” option when i run Remote Desktop.
I can click the ‘Help’ button, and I get the very reassuring message:
“Is there multiple-monitor support for Remote Desktop Connection in this version of Windows?” and in brief, the answer is Yes.
However, I couldn’t get it working.
After doing some digging, I found this rather helpful if not anoying faq from microsoft:
Where it states that:-
“Which editions of Windows 7 include multiple-monitor support for Remote Desktop Connection?
In Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise editions, Remote Desktop Connection supports the use of multiple high-resolution displays in a remote session”
So it would appear, that only Windows Ultimate & Enterprise supports multiple monitors.
Its not listed in any product comparisons that I have looked at.
So, just what is the ‘Professional’ product. If ‘key’ functionality is going to missed out, then why have so many different products.
I know, you could argue, just Purchase the other product. But thats not the point. I looked at the feature comparison carefully before selecting, and decided Professional is all I needed.
Looks like I was wrong, I didnt realise I needed to check every minute piece of functionality that I wanted to make use of.
- I Hope I am Wrong, I hope I need to applogise in a later update.
But after all, it would appear that even the installed ‘Professional’ product itself seems to think it should work.