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4月30日

Office 2007


I am trying to switch to office 2007, however after installation, every time when I open Word, I got message "The function you are attempting to run contains macros or other content that requires macro language support." I have Endnote and Acrobat add-ins. So I disabled them. But still I got the same error. Then I disabled all the add-ins, it is fine. No error any more. But once I have either of them enabled, I got this message.

Eventually, I figured this is because when the Office 2007 were installed, it did not install the "Visual Basic for Applications" by default, which is required for macros. Finally, the problem got fixed after 1 hr fight.

3月16日

Navigating Away From Gmail when Downloading Attachments


I always have this problem when I download an attachment, I have to click go back button to go back to Gmail. Sometimes, go back even doesn't work. I have to type Gmail.com.

Just googled a solution. The reason this happens is that I use Tab Mix Plus extension. So in Tab Mix Plus, uncheck "prevent blank tabs when downloading files". It works like a charm. And check that box again, the problem occurs again. So both positive and negative tests show this is the problem.

Good luck, Firefoxers and Gmailers!
7月22日

VirtualWiFi 用一个无线网卡同时连接无限个无线网络

记得以前和Horsie讨论过类似的问题,好像当时是问能不能同时用两个无线网卡同时工作来加速网络速度。但是,这个“同时”连接我觉得意味着能在几个网络中切换的意思。

感觉这个东西和Thinkpad上面自带的Access Connections差不多,AC也可以在几个网络之间切换。有没有办法在一个电脑上用几个网卡?能不能加速网络?Just curious.

VirtualWiFi (previously known as MultiNet) is a virtualization architecture for wireless LAN (WLAN) cards. It abstracts a single WLAN card to appear as multiple virtual WLAN cards to the user. The user can then configure each virtual card to connect to a different wireless network. Therefore, VirtualWiFi allows a user to simultaneously connect his machine to multiple wireless networks using just one WLAN card. This new functionality introduced by VirtualWiFi enables many new applications, which were not possible earlier using a single WLAN card. For example,

  • With VirtualWiFi, you can connect to a guest's machine or play games over an ad hoc network, while surfing the web via an infrastructure network.
  • You can use VirtualWiFi to connect your ad hoc network, which may contain many nodes, to the Internet using only one node.
  • VirtualWiFi can help make your home infrastructure network elastic by extending its access to nodes that are out of range of your home WiFi Access Point.
  • VirtualWiFi Home

    6月7日

    Gmail Store and Gmail Drive

    以下转载于 http://www.bioon.cn/user1/5884/archives/2006/43056.shtml

    自从2004年愚人节google推出gmail开始,G级邮箱便在网络普及开来。据调查了解,一个用户使用邮箱一般都不会超过100兆容量,那上G的容量如何充分利用便成了许多网友们感兴趣的话题。

      Gmail这G级邮箱运动的领跑者,现在的容量已经超过2.5G,而且还根据一定的规律在增长。

      曾有过一款名为GMailDriver的非google官方软件,它能把Gmail上的G级空间成为你电脑的一个分区,你可以任意拖放你的文件到这个分区上,而安装文件也只有一百多K。

      不过令人遗憾的是,GmailDriver只能上传小于10M的文件,而且对中文支持相当不好,会出现乱码。

    然而科技是不断进步发展的,与GMailDriver相比,现在为大家介绍的GMailStore更具吸引力!它是全中文软件,由国人开发,不存在中文文件名出现乱码问题!

      而且更重要的是GMailstore突破了GMail的附件10M大小限制,可以传输任意大小文件,而GMailDriver至今最新版本则仍受此限制。


    我个人测试了一下GmailStore确实好用,但是好像据说国内的DNS不work,但是在美国没有什么问题。另外,刚刚又试了一下Gmail Drive(btw,那个软件叫Gmail Drive,不是GmailDriver),这个可以在我的电脑里显示一个为Gmail Drive,可以拖拽,比GmailStore感觉方便。但是就是支持中文不好,据说,而且有10M限制。anyway,这下可以把Gmail当成网络硬盘用了,不错呀!
    4月14日

    Thinkpads suck, I hack

    Now I am just using the new mini PCI wireless card, working pretty well. Let me tell you the whole story.
     
    I bought a mini PCI wireless card Intel(R)Pro/Wireless 2915ABG from buy.com. Note this is mini PCI card, which you have to put IN your laptop, instead of PCMCIA card, which usually can slide into the laptop. Before you install the mini PCI card, you have to dissemble your laptop. You can find detailed instructions for Thinkpad T4X series here. The postion of your mini PCI slot is usually beneath the touchpad. You can snap the mini PCI card into the slot just like install memory (if you have done that before). At this point, DON'T BE TOO HAPPY TO FORGET CONNECT TO THE ANTENNA! The antenna wires are labled by main and aux. And you just push these two ends to the wireless card hardly. Then just put everything back. Make sure you put all the screws back to the original postions. There are three types of screws, type 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Mess up these screws may cause your motherboard damage.
     
    OK, now here is the problem. If you pay more than 40 dollars to buy an IBM mini PCI card, you are fine. Just reboot and enjoy. If you are like me, a deal hunter, and only would like to spend $25 on an Intel wireless card. Then here is the problem. After you boot, two beeps and you should get message "1802: Unauthorized network card is plugged in - Power off and remove the miniPCI network card." ALL OF THESE ARE JUST BECAUSE OF THE GREEDY IBM. The $25 and $40+ cards are essentially the same, both of them are from Intel. The only difference is just IBM change the FCC ID of the card and have the extra $15+ go into their pockets.  And when you boot thinkpad, it will check whether the ID is in its whitelist. Surely, if you don't buy from IBM, the ID won't be in the list and the error message will display. At this point, don't like me, follow stupid IBM and remove the card. You can simply disable the card from BIOS/Network/Internal Wireless Card. Thanks for Qi Xin giving me this desicive link, which explains this problem and provides some solutions. I just used the no-1802 utility, which is written by a PKU guy and you can get it from here. This little program needs to be run under real DOS. So just run this program in DOS and go back to BIOS to enable your wireless card. You are done! Based on my experience, this no-1802 utility works for T42. But it has been reported not to work for T43. In the T43 case, if you really want to do it, maybe you have to mess up with your BIOS.

     

    Although this thing took my two evenings, I feel very excited when I fixed it. During the two days, I took apart and put back the laptop for 5 times.

     

    1. Open it to install the mini PCI card. Btw, I wanted to clean the CPU fan. Unscrewed the fan, but found it is hard to took off. So just give up. Put everything back. HOWEVER, FOUND THREE EXTRA SCREWS!

    2. Realize those three were for the CPU fan. Open it again. Put those back and all other screws back.

    3. Start up and got the 1802 error. The stupid thing is I was mislead by IBM, and open the laptop for the third time to remove the card.

    4. Got all the instructions and want to try again. Put the card back. Found signal is very weak.

    5. Suddenly realize I didn't connect the antenna. Open it for the 5th time.


     Post a linux wallpaper finally, enjoy!
     
    3月19日

    Firefox is so fast

    Firefox is so fast! I love it. After I installed super dragandgo, tab mix plus, all-in-one gestures, and google toolbar for firefox, the brower is just almost perfect! Highly recommended!
    10月30日

    Windows XP ABC

    How to turn off the annoying removable disks autoplay in Windows XP:
     
    Run "gpedit.msc", then go to "Local Computer Policy" --> "Computer Configuration" --> "Administrative Templates" --> "System" , on your right-handed side, double click  "Turn off autoplay" in "Setting".  Choose "Enable" autoplay "On all drives".
     
    关闭讨厌的硬盘自动播放:
     
    按下Win+R键打开“运行”对话框,输入gpedit.msc,回车后打开“组策略”窗口。定位到“本地计算机策略→计算机配置→管理模板→系统”,然后在右窗格的“设置”标题下,双击“关闭自动播放”项,单击“设置”选项卡,选中“已启用”复选钮,然后在“关闭自动播放”框中单击“所有驱动器”,单击“确定”按钮,最后关闭“组策略”窗口。要是还不明白,点击这里
     
    How to turn off the Windows Messenger autostart:
     
    Run "gpedit.msc", then go to "Local Computer Policy" --> "Computer Configuration" --> "Administrative Templates" --> "Windows Componets" --> "Windows Messenger", on your right-handed side, double click  "Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run" and "Do not automatically start Windows Messenger initially" in "Setting".  Choose "Enable" both.
     
    如何停止Windows Messenger自动运行:
     
    选择"开始/运行",输入"gpedit.msc",然后在"计算机配置/管理模板/Windows 组件/Windows Messenger",然后在右边的设置栏中设成"不允许运行 Windows Messenger "及在"初始化时不自动启动Windows Messenger "。注意:此设定仅适用于 Windows XP 商业版版本。 要是还不明白,点击这里