Dell T410 pictures

T410

This configuration can put in 6 3.5" harddisk

T410 internal: There are 5 PCIe slots and take note that one slot is being used by the SAS card. All slots are PCIe Generation 2 except for slot 3.

Dell T710 pictures

T710
This configuration can put in 8 x 3.5" harddisk

T710 internal

T710 internal: With the cover taken away, you can see the processor and also the memory slots. Processors are E5502. It can support 144GB memory if all the memory slots are fully populate with 8GB RAM.

T710 internal: There are 6 PCIe slots, 4 are x8, 1 is x16 and 1 is x4 and all are PCIe generation 2 which means each lane can support up to 5.0 Gb/s. There is actually one more PCIe slot which is actually being used to plug the SAS card.

Can't initialize IBM DS4800 LUN under Windows 2003

Scenario:

You create 2 LUNs from IBM and assign it to one Windows host. You have no problem initialize the first LUN but when it comes to second LUN, Windows will prompt message saying "The operation did not complete. Check the System Event Log for more information on the error" and you are unable to initialize.


When you go the Event viewer, the viewer shows "The device....disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal"


The problem might be because you allocate the LUN to the different controller that you connect to your host as shown in the diagram below.

So to solve this, you can set the Ownership/Preferred Path to Controller in Slot A. Take note that if you only have one LUN and you allocate to controller that is not connected to your host. You might not even see the LUN from your host at all.

Set note pages slide image and notes image to standard size

This usually happen when you copy a bunch of slides from other presentation and incorporate it into your current presentation. and the result might be what you see below, page 1's slide image is smaller than page 2's slide image

Page 1

Page 2

To overcome this, i prepare the VBA script below. Not sure if there is a non-VBA method that can be used to solve this, but if yes, please let me know also.

Sub resize()
    Dim x As Long
    Dim y As Long
    Dim i As Long
    Dim arrayCount As Integer
    Dim shapeNameArray() As String

    ' Loop through every presentation slide(s)
    For x = 1 To ActivePresentation.Slides.Count

        ' Manipulate shapes in notespage view
        With ActivePresentation.Slides(x).NotesPage

        ' Loop through every shapes in the notepage view slide
        For y = 1 To .Shapes.Count

            ' To select the presentation slide
            ' Usually the presentation slide will be on top,
            ' so use top property to limit the selection
            ' the use of height property is optional
            ' the use of this is mainly to filter away shapes like
            ' header, footer and page number
            ' which might be in place, and usually those shapes' height will not
            ' be higher than 90, so i use this as the condition
            ' The reason i say is optional is because you can always go to
            ' Edit Header and Footer to take out 
            ' all header, footer and page number 
            ' and reapply them later
            ' 1 inchi= 72

            If .Shapes(y).Top < 100 And .Shapes(y).Height > 90 Then
                .Shapes(y).Height = 364.32
                .Shapes(y).Width = 486
                .Shapes(y).Top = 28.08
                .Shapes(y).Left = 46.8
   
            ' To select the notes page
            ' Usually notes page will be be below presentation slide
            ' so use top property to limit the selection
            ' Again use of height is optional
   
            ElseIf .Shapes(y).Height > 90 And .Shapes(y).Top > 100 Then
                .Shapes(y).Height = 322.56
                .Shapes(y).Width = 486
                .Shapes(y).Top = 404.64
                .Shapes(y).Left = 46.8
            Else
                ' Do nothing
                ' or you want to apply something to the filtered shape here
            End If

        Next y
        End With
    Next x
End Sub

To use this code, you must first enable macro if you have not donw so and then open the VBA editor, follow this link to find out how to do it. Remember, always make a copy of your power point slide before you applying any changes to it. This code is only tested on PowerPoint 2007.

Revised script for IP range ping

Last year i actually wrote a script to do the same thing but the script is not really good and always have the annoyed dos windows pop-up. This time, i using the example on the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" and it is a much much better script in terms of neatness and speed) for doing the same thing

'Create a file to write the result
'============================================================

FileName = "PingResult.txt"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If (fso.FileExists(FileName)) Then
Set resultFile = fso.OpenTextFile(FileName, 8)
else
Set resultFile = fso.CreateTextFile(FileName, true)
end if


subnetID = "192.168.35."

For range = 2 to 254 ' specify range of ip
ipAddress = subnetID & range
if Ping(ipAddress) then
resultFile.writeline ipAddress & " is alive"
else
resultFile.writeline ipAddress & " is dead"
end if
next

'Using Win32_PingStatus class
'============================================================
Function Ping(ipAddress)

Set objWMIService = _
GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_PingStatus " & _
"Where Address = '" & ipAddress & "'")
For Each objItem in colItems
If objItem.StatusCode = 0 Then
Ping = True
else
Ping = False
End If
Next

End Function

Screen capture program to capture mouse pointer

If you wat to do screen capture to also include mouse pointer, this program will come in handy. Furthermore, it is free. :)

With Windows Screen Capture key

With ScreenHunter program:

How to connect to hidden accesspoint on Windows Vista

1. Right click on the network icon on your right below tasbar and select "connect to a network" as shown

2. On the "Select a network to connect to" window, click on "Setup a connection or network".


3. On the "Choose a connection option", select "Manually connect to a wireless network".

4. On the next window, you need to keyin the required information. For the option "Connect even if the network is not broadcasting", please visit this link to learn more about the secuirity issue on this opton.

5. And lastly, just select "Connect to...".

Where to download Brocade/Cisco firmware?

As you know, HP also sell Brocade/Cisco FC switchs which they rebrand them to storageworks B-series/C-series switches. You can actually get the firmware from their site. Just click this.

Task Scheduler - problem running the vbs

If you encounter task scheduler try to run your vbs task which involve action on network drive but fail. Besides looking at security permission, please also check the following setting shows on the picture below. Make sure is "Run only when user is logged on". If you choose the "Run whether user is logged on or not", you might not run your task with the intended user and thus fail.

Windows 2008 Task Scheduler

Nokia E71 - How to type underscore "_"

Apparently underscore is not part of the symbol can be found on the keypad. To type it, you have to press the "Ctrl" key once and select this symbol from the on screen symbol table. This key is located at the bottom right corner of your phone keypad as shown in the picture below.

Script for event log backup

Simple script to do the event log backup using wevtutil, this is an unpolished script, please use it with care. wevutil is supported on Windows 2008 and Windows Vista.

'Backup event log script

'Get the current date and time
CurrentDate = now

sAcceptableChars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"

'Remove "/", ":", " " from CurrentDate and put it
'in FixDate

For x = 1 to Len(CurrentDate)
ch = mid(CurrentDate, x, 1)
If InStr(sAcceptableChars, LCase(ch)) > 0 Then
FixDate = FixDate & ch
End If
Next

Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell")

'Start to do event log backup

wshshell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wevtutil cl _
Application /bu:E:\AppEvent_" & FixDate & ".evt", 1, True

wshshell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wevtutil cl Security _
/bu:E:\SecurityEvent_" & FixDate & ".evt", 1, True

wshshell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wevtutil cl Setup _
/bu:E:\SetupEvent_" & FixDate & ".evt", 1, True

wshshell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wevtutil cl System _
/bu:E:\SystemEvent_" & FixDate & ".evt", 1, True

set wshshell = nothing

How to move your shape data text box in Visio 2007

To do this, you have to use "Text Block Tool" as shown below.

Once you select this, move your mouse pointer over any shape data text box and you can start to move shape data text box when your mouse pointer change to overlapped double rectangle as shown below.

Free Upgrade to QuickOffice 6 for Nokia E71

Free upgrade for your QuickOffice, why wait? Go ahead and upgrade it. Just go to Menu->Office->QuickOffice->Updates and Upgrades to get it. :)

Nokia E72 Spotted

Nokia E72
by DevilsRejection

I won't really upgrade my E71 any time sooner but this really make me drooling for it. Gotta resist my temptation on this one and ask myself to go for the model after E72. :p

Notes: Is official, the detail spec is here.

Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device

I believe all of us experience this problem before. And the typical solution is to close any related program that is running on the portable hard drive itself. However, sometimes even after you do this, some background process might still have a lock on the files on the portable hard drive that is very hard for us to detect. So one of the way to solve this problem is to use unlocker.

once you install unlocker, simply right click on the drive you want to eject and click on the unlocker.

And you will see unlocker window pops up. In this example, is the windows explorer that lock the drive. So simply click the unlock button to Unlock it. Simple and easy. :)

Setup FTP server on Windows 2003 Server

To setup FTP server, you need to have the windows installation disc with you and follow the steps below:

1. Go to Add or Remove Programs and choose Add/Remove Windows Components
2. Under Windows Components Wizard, highlight Application Server and click Details.

3. Under Application Server, highlight Internet Information Services (IIS) and click Details

4. Under Internet Information Services (IIS), select File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service and click OK.

5. You will be prompted to insert the Windows installation disc.


6. And that's it, you will be able to access Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to further configure your ftp server.

SkyFire is version 1.0 now

If you not already know, sky fire is one of the mobile browser that can support playing flash and silverlight video and the best thing is, you can install this on your Nokia E71. :)

Get it here

usb print server

Today just purchased one usb print server (pci 101M) from Carrefour. the reason i purchased from Carrefour is because Carrefour got 15 days refund policy, so if really this print server cannot work with my printer (Brother DCP-135C), i can always return the product. But thankfully, it works! And the best part is, the default IP for this print server (192.168.1.200) is in the same subnet of my Linksys wireless router, so basically this print server works straight out from the box.

So what left for me to configure is just host configuration, meaning the configuration on your PC that you want it to print through print server. Below are the steps taken to configure a Windows Vista system.

1. Go to Control Panel -> Printer
2. Click on Add a printer

Click Add a printer

3. From the Add Printer windows, choose Add a local printer

Choose Add a local printer

4. In the next windows, choose Create a new port and for the Type of port, select Standard TCP/IP port


5. Next, select Device type as TCP/IP Device and also input the IP address for the print server, in this case, 192.168.1.200, the default.


6. The next windows shows the system is try to detect the TCP/IP port. This process might take a while.

7. Next windows ask for additional port information. In this windows, under device type, select Custom and click on the Settings button.


8. in this new windows, slect LPR as the protocol we going to use. For Queue Name under LPR Settings, type lpt1.


9. Next windows should ask you to install printer driver. Select the printer from the manufacturer printer list. If your printer is not in the list, you might need to click Have Disk to install the printer driver. In my case, the printer driver is already installed when i first purchase the printer.


10. Next step will ask you to enter printer name, you can also use the default name generated. If everything goes well, you should be able to see the last windows on sayaing you have successfully added the printer. you can choose to print the test page to confirm everything is ok.

scansnap s300

Just borrow this from my friend, is really small and portable and the best thing about this is it can do duplex scanning with auto paper feeder and can be powered using your laptop through usb cable. Is actually quite fast also especially when you use power from the wall socket.


Video showing scanning 16 pages (duplex) of colour document when this scanner is powered by usb


Video showing scanning 16 pages (duplex) of colour document when this scanner is powered by wall socket. Is extremely fast in this setup.

Nokia E71 - Removing Failed

Symptom: Try to uninstall application from your phone using Application Manager but encounter "Removing Failed" message.

Possible solution:

1. Take out your micro-sd card and read the card through PC.
2. Make sure you enable show hidden files and folders option.
3. Go to private folder, search all the random number named folder and once you find the application file(s), delete the folder contain the file(s).
   

Have to take some time to go through all the folders

Why deleted folder keep appearing?

Had you ever encountered this weird scenario, after deleting a folder, and you make sure it is completely gone, and after a while, this folder mysteriously appear again? This indeed happen to me and after i read this, then i realize my problem is because of Windows Media Player. Apparently i set the "Rip music to this location" to the folder i want to delete and whenever you open your Windows Media Player, it will try to recreate this folder for you, talking about trying to be helpful... So the solution, change the path to a permanent location. Hope this helps if you encounter the similar problem. :)

Go to Tools->Options->Rip Music and change the path to a permanent folder

Missing Microsoft RDP Client Control

System: On a fresh install Windows XP SP3 system with all the Windows update

Symptom:
When try to use IE7 to initiate a terminal service connection, you find that it won't work and you see a little pop-up message saying Add-ons disabled.

Add-on Disabled message

When you go to Manage Add-ons, you find no Add-ons are disabled and you also cannot see the Microsoft RDP Client Control Add-on.

Everything enabled?

Solution:
Go to Internet Option and go to Advanced tab, click on the Reset button to reset Internet Explorer settings. Restart the Internet Explorer and retry again and this time it should work.

Click on Reset button

After restart your Internet Explorer, you can see Microsoft RDP Client Control!