To replace my spoilt Motorola handphone (HP), I signed up a 2 years contract with StarHub (Singapore) on 19 Nov 2012 and received a new Apple iPhone5 HP. I had also chosen another HP number because iPhone5 is using nanoSIM card which my previous HP number (stored in an old SIM card) cannot be transfered to the nanoSIM card. Upon first power on the new iPhone5, I had already saw 2 ADV SMS inside the iPhone5 ? Despite puzzled by how the ADV SMS was inside my iPhone5 upon powered on, I disclosed my new HP number to some of my friends through Short...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Blacklist of harass advertisement (ADV) SMS or call phone numbers (Rev: 1.12)
Posted on 3:09 AM by Unknown
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Solved STOP C000021a Fatal System Error on Session Manager Initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with status 0xC000003a on Windows 7 Professional SP1 OS in a Dell Optiplex 9010 pc (Rev: 1.2)
Posted on 2:24 AM by Unknown
There are 3 partitions in the Dell Optiplex 9010 pc [Intel Core i7-3770 (3.40 Ghz) CPU, 32 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz memory, 1 TB SATA hardisk drive, etc]:OEM Partition (Dell Utility FAT16 partition) (about 39 MB)Dell Recovery Partition (about 10.3 GB, System, Active, Primary partition)Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 Operating System (OS) Partition (about 921 GB, Boot, Page file, Crash dump, Primary partition)After booted up from the Acronis Disk Director 11 boot CDROM, I deleted the Dell Recovery Partition and resized the Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64...
Monday, December 10, 2012
Uninstall Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 (KB2592687) update for Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 OS (Rev: 1.0)
Posted on 6:49 AM by Unknown
Microsoft KB2592687 is the Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 update for the Windows 7 SP1 Operating System (OS) and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 OS.In Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 OS, after updating the Remote Desktop Protocol from v7.1 to v8.0 by applying the Microsoft KB2592687 update, the Windows XP Mode virtual machine (Guest OS) integration features that runs from the Windows Virtual PC failed to show the sharing drives of the physical Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 OS (Host OS). As a result, the sharing, copying and pasting integration features between the...
Solved adding Google as the default search engine add-on in Internet Explorer (IE) 9 (Rev: 1.0)
Posted on 2:51 AM by Unknown
In Internet Explorer (IE) version 9.0.8112.16421, the default search engine is Bing. When trying to add Google as the default search engine add-on in Internet Explorer (IE) version 9.0.8112.16421, the Microsoft IE Gallery website at http://www.iegallery.com/en-sg/addons?callback=true&featuretype=2 indicates "No results were found" and does not shown any available search providers. As my location is at Singapore, the Microsoft IE Gallery website detects and shown the localized search engines add-ons for Singapore (sg) with the URL http://www.iegallery.com/en-sg/addons?callback=true&featuretype=2...
Friday, December 7, 2012
iPhone5 quick setup to maximize the battery and protect privacy (rev: 1.3)
Posted on 2:25 AM by Unknown

I bought an Apple iPhone5 (iOS v6.0.1 or higher version) on Nov 2012 to replace the spoiled old Motorola handphone. I performed a quick setup as shown below to maximize the battery and protect privacy by turning off those features that I do not need:In iPhone5 screen, please tap "Settings".WiFi -> OffI had already setup the WiFi at home and at work before I turn off the WiFi to maximize the battery. I turn on the WiFi only when I need to use it...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Solved "MsiOpenPackageEx failed with error 1625" or "1628: Failed to complete installation" when installing FEKO v6.2 (32 bits) on certain Windows OS (Rev: 1.0)
Posted on 8:36 PM by Unknown

Problem descriptionDuring FEKO v6.2 (32 bits) (474,465,152 bytes) installation on some Windows Operating System (OS) machines (eg: Windows XP x64 OS), the FEKO v6.2 installer may fail with:MsiOpenPackageEx failed with error 1625 or1628: Failed to complete installationThis is probably caused by the following:Starting with Microsoft Windows XP, a security policy named Software Restriction Policies (also known as SAFER) was introduced to help users...
Friday, September 28, 2012
Solved "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator" error when clicking a hyperlink in Microsoft Word (Rev: 1.0)
Posted on 12:11 AM by Unknown
When clicking a hyperlink in Microsoft Word in a Windows XP Professional SP3 Operating System (OS), a pop up with the below error message appeared:This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administratorSolutionsIn Windows XP OS, please click Start -> Run... and kindly type regedt32 to open the Registry Editor.In the Registry Editor, please browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\open\commandPlease check if the (Default) name of REG_SZ type has the data value...
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Bad experience on Fuji Xerox DocuPrint M205b Multifunction printer (Rev: 1.1)
Posted on 8:46 PM by Unknown
First time bought a Fuji Xerox DocuPrint M205b Multifunction printer (S$169). The Fuji Xerox DocuPrint M205b printer (supports USB 2.0 only) is connected to the Dell Optiplex GX270 computer (running Windows XP Professional SP3 Operating System) rear USB port that supports USB 2.0. When printing a test page locally, the “Print” button on the printer will briefly light up and the printer panel will show a “cancelling…” message, and nothing print out.The Copying and Scanning functions of the Fuji Xerox DocuPrint M205b Multifunction printer work fine....
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Solved Security Update for Microsoft InfoPath 2010 (KB2553322) 32-Bit Edition failed to install error (Rev: 1.0)
Posted on 9:57 PM by Unknown
In the Windows XP Professional SP3 Operating System (OS) computer, Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 SP1 software included the Microsoft InfoPath Designer 2010 software [version 14.0.6123.5001 (32 bit)]. The Security Update for Microsoft InfoPath 2010 (KB2553322) 32-Bit Edition patch failed to install in the Windows XP OS. Windows XP OS will repeatedly prompt you to install the Security Update for Microsoft InfoPath 2010 (KB2553322) 32-Bit Edition patch again.If we surf the Microsoft Windows Update website using Internet Explorer browser...
Monday, August 13, 2012
Solved changing Microsoft Office 2010 from Chinese user interface to English user interface without reinstalling Microsoft Office 2010 in Windows XP x86 OS (Rev: 1.0)
Posted on 2:19 AM by Unknown

For BENQ JoyBook S42 notebook with Windows XP Professional SP3 x86 Operating System (OS), the Microsoft Office 2010 default Display Language and Help Language are shown as Chinese language. Although the Windows XP Professional SP3 OS default input language was already set as English (United States) language, the Microsoft Office 2010 default Display Language was set to match the Microsoft Windows interface language (English), and the default Help...
Monday, August 6, 2012
Solved changing SATA operation mode in BIOS from IDE to AHCI without reinstalling Windows XP x64 OS for ASUS P8H77-M motherboard (Rev: 1.0)
Posted on 7:40 PM by Unknown
Before the Windows XP x64 Operating System (OS) installation process on Asus P8H77-M motherboard computer that has Intel H77 Express Chipset, the SATA configuration mode in the BIOS by default is set to IDE and not RAID/AHCI. Hence, the RAID/AHCI drivers are not loaded during the Windows XP x64 OS installation process.After installing the Windows XP x64 OS, I have failed to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver software v11.1.0.1006 (under SATA category) for Windows XP 32/64 bit & Win7 32/64 bit (WHQL). If I set the BIOS SATA configuration...
Monday, July 30, 2012
Solved unknown devices in Windows 7 (x64) OS on computer with Asus P8H77-M motherboard (Rev: 1.4)
Posted on 4:03 AM by Unknown
After installing Windows 7 (x64) Operating System (OS) on computer with Asus P8H77-M motherboard [Intel Core i5-3470 (3.2 Ghz) CPU, Corsair Vengeance 16 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz memory, etc], there are a few unknown devices in the Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager as shown below:Ethernet Controller-> Installing the device drivers under LAN -> Realtek LAN Driver v7.52.203.2012 for Windows 7 (32bit & 64bit) (WHQL). [Download]PCI Simple Communications Controller-> Installing the device drivers under Utilities -> Management...
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