Ken's Tech Note

Due to some unintended sync, I ended up with >4000 contacts in a contact list under BlackBerry which is a problem to deal. I did not want to wipe the device to re-load everything, esp. the e-mail that I need to refer to from time to time. I solved the problem with the help of a post under BlackBerry support: "This is caused when someone moves or re-adds a BB user to the BES without wiping their Blackberry before reactivating. This will create a new contact list each time. To remove it, go to Contacts and click Options. Then type rset , it will pop up with a screen asking if you want to wipe the contacts, select yes through all windows. You can then wirelessly sync or use desktop manager to repopulate contacts." The magically command "rset" is exactly what I need.

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Got the Dell Streak in Hong Kong retail chain store which is unlocked. Try to use the Software Update but it said no update is available. Browse to http://mobileupdate.dell.com/?version=GAUSB1A110100 with the browser and it allowed download. After the installation, it took a couple of self-reboot and in about 3-5 minutes, Android 2.2 / Dell Stage interface is live. The response of the screen seems to be a little faster, but it is excited to have new features, esp. Wi-Fi tethering.

After installing K-Lite Codec 6.3 Mega Pack, I started to experience problem with RMVB files playback. This was solved - by adding a couple of DLLs in c:\Windows. Q: RMVB files play without sound A: You are probably missing a decoder for RealAudio COOK. You can install that by following these steps: Download the Windows version of binary codec pack for MPlayer. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html#binary_codec Extract these files from the .zip archive: cook.dll , pncrt.dll , sipr3260.dll , drv33260.dll , drv43260.dll Put those files in this folder: C:\Windows

I run into a problem with Windows Update when I crashed my computer / network connection in the middle of an update. I received an error that Windows Update cannot update which was fixed after following these steps: 重命名Softwaredistribution 1, 点击开始—〉所有程序—〉附件，右击命令行提示符，选择以管理员身份运行， 如果出现用户帐户控制窗口，点击继续。输入“net stop wuauserv”后回车。 2, 重命名%systemroot%（即系统安装目录，默认为c:\windows）下的 Softwaredistribution文件夹为SDOLD 3, 点击开始—〉所有程序—〉附件，右击命令行提示符，选择以管理员身份运行， 如果出现用户帐户控制窗口，点击继续。输入“net start wuauserv”后回车。 Basically, we can then remove the SDOLD folder as it contains corrupted files and settings.

If we enable AHCI at BIOS after Windows is installed without this option, Windows won't boot. Follow the steps to enable AHCI support after-the-fact:    1. Exit all Windows-based programs.    2. Start regedit.exe as Administrator.    3. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.    4. Locate following registry subkey:       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci    5. In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.    6. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.    7. On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.    8. Reboot and enable AHCI under BIOS.

While I was trying to learn (and re-learn) Linux, I came across this good article which contains a tool to create a LiveUSB OS. I was a long-time user of SuSE OS. From its early day. It is good to see it grows and became an even more mature Linux distro.