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Well, most of the Malaysian will be using Streamyx broadband service to connect to internet. Except some others in big town using 3G…

We all know the Streamyx service sometimes will down… For those who dunno about computing… Then we wouldn’t know what is happen… We will get nervous and dunno what to do… Keep on asking ourself why cannot online?

Then maybe after few times scratching our head, we figured out there is a service hotline for Streamyx–> 1300-88-9515. If u lucky, with less than 10 calls u will get someone to asnwer your phone. But if unlucky, maybe u have to spend 1 day keep on calling the hotline…

Even if u lucky, the technician will ask you to perform some troubleshooting to check your computer… This is where frustrated time when you dunno anything about your streamyx.. They will ask you about the username, how u connect, what kind of brand and model of the modem… and etc… If the pc is just beside then is ok, the is easy to refer… But if your PC is on the other side, then u have to run like a mad dog…

Therefore,  i will try explains some basic guide on how to troubleshoot your Streamyx before calling the hotline for assistant…

Stay tune for my guide…

I came across an article write about the reasons not to upgrade to latest Window OS which is Vista. The reasons given are quite reliable.

1. Hardwares requirement high

To run smooth, user need at least 2GB memory with high speed processor. Some more if u want to use the “AeroGlass” effect, user have to equip with at least mid range graphic card.

Continue Reading “10 Reasons Not to Upgrade to Window Vista”

To transfer using bluebooth from pocket PC, it is as simple as like using handphone.

1. enable both pocket pc and handphone bluebooth feature
go to “setting” –>”bluetooth”–>”bluebooth manager”
Here u will see your handphone device on your PPC

Continue Reading “Transfer file via bluetooth for PPC”

I just brought a Dlink wireless router.

To enable wireless printing is very simple.
First assured that the printer is connected to a desktop and driver is installed. Then make sure both laptop and desktop is in the same network.

Go to “Printer & Faxes”–> right click –> choose “share” to share out your printer.

After shared out, on the laptop side “printer & faxes”, u will see the shared printer available. Whenever u want to print from Laptop, just choose the network printer driver and u can start printing.

This applied to wired network also.

This Sunday after lunch with my gf and her brother, we decided to take a walk to PC fair.

They brought a mouse pad and a box of cd-r. Too crowded in the tiny small stadium.

This time i did a great thing in PC fair….

Instead of getting PC related item, i went for registration for election. haha…

As usual, laptop is the mainstream in Ipoh PC Fair. SNS Network computer shop can sold out 500 units laptop in 3 days. Not even include those other shop like Megamate…

The storage of the pocket PC is 1GB, after added another 1GB SD card, it become 2GB ^^

To install softwares is very simple. From what i discovered, there are 2 ways to install software. Before start, u have to connect your pocket pc to your PC.

If the software is in .exe format, run the .exe file thorough your computer. Then your pocket pc will detect the software and asked you where to install it. Just follow the instruction and it will be done in a seconds.
If the software is in .cab format, just copy the file to your pocket pc, click it and it will install the software for u. After finish u can delete the copied file.

To get free softwares for your pocket pc, u can refer to below 2 links.

http://www.pocket-pc-freeware.com/

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/

After weekly of waiting, finally i got my pocket pc.

It came with a travel charger, USB cable, headset, screen cover, manual & cd.

The window mobile 5.0 OS are quite similar to window OS, not difficult to use. But in english version, it cannot read chinese…

I just went to eat this Sushi King Bonanza with my gf and her brother…

Because RM2 per plate for card member…. so cheap…

We went to the Kinta City branch… Reached around 6.45pm, already full. Have to wait for around 3 mins then only get a place… (*Have to wait until full people then only can go in)

Then, 3 of us keep on taking those expensive sushi, like prawn, octopus, squid, seaweed and etc… My gf some more not allow me to take those cheaper sushi that having rice.

When our stomach full, my gf noticed that there are a small sticker on side wall stating that those with special color plate ( starting with RM4,5,6 ) are no discount…

We ate 12 special plates and 12 normal plates. The bill cost around RM95… T_T

Next time should open my eye bigger when i see this kind of promotion…

Personally, i felt that this is not a special privilege for card member… They put a big sign stating “all sushi on Kaiten Belt RM2  each”.  Then they put another small sticker saying the special color plate follow same price, no discount. But the special plate also put on the Kaiten Belt… Moreover they stated  the Tsunami (appetizer) and hand roll categories are not entitle for discount. I just know how to eat sushi, dont know how to differentiate what kind of sushi is it…

For those who will be going for this bonanza,  kindly check carefully what are the kind of sushi that entitled for the bonanza…

Next weekend will be Ipoh 1st PC fair. They still hosting it in the same place –> stadium Indera Mulia. As usual, all the sellers are keeping pen drive/thumb drive in their stock…. This means that pendrive/thumb drive will be the main selling point again.

Last time my gf brought a 1GB pen drive with RM79. Nowadays with this price, easily can get a 2GB capacity….. How fast the price drop…

Hopefully this time can come out some new stall or what…. Because not much thing exposed in the PC fair.

So, did your guys saving money for PC fair ?

Well, after long time using Window OS, there will be a lots of rubbish inside our system, which will caused system slow or lacking space. Therefore, housekeeping need to perform on window OS in order it to run smooth.

To get rid of the rubbish in the system are very easy…

What u need is to follow below steps…

Step 1 Disk Clean Up

Window XP is built in with this little tiny tool called Disk Clean Up.

Once open, just select which drive u want to cleanup, then it will run the process for u. This tool suite those who do not want to install any software.

Step 2 Sweepi MainCleaner

Sweepi is a nice tool to clean up those rubbish files which cannot be clear by disk clean up.

Click to download.

Step 3 Duplicate Cleaner

Duplicate cleaner is the latest tool to assist anyone in cleaning up the contents of their personal hard drive or corporate network. You’d be surprised just how many redundant or duplicate files you could find forgotten in an obscure documents folder. Photos, music, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, videos – you name it, if it appears twice on your system then Duplicate Cleaner will find it.

Click to download.

Step 4 CC Cleaner

Cleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it’s fast! (normally taking less than a second to run) and Free.

Cleans the following:

• Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.
• Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.
• Recently opened URLs and files.
• Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).
  Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more…
• Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.
  Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more… Backup for registry clean.
• Windows Startup tool.