Office 2007 on Windows 7

No mater how many things change, things stay the same... Fail office..

Facebook language fail

I dont want to change to one of the other 0 languages, I am happy the way I am.

Yoy may be a victim of software counterfeiting

Well it has started well, this is my Vista 7 desktop...  I cant wait for Windows Validation to kick in.

PS3 Garbled audio

I had the problem that 1 in 20 AVI files that I have *ripped* from my DVD have garbled audio. I found the solution to re-encode them, using AVI re-comp.

This is where I found how.

AVI ReComp

AVI ReComp is good for one thing, and that is to convert AVI to AVI and a format that is useable for the PS3 and other stand alone DIVX/XVID players…. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for this use!!!!

1. Open ARC, and open your "Source File". You will notice that it also tells you what codec is used and if they are installed on your computer. Also the bitrates, resolutions, frames, frames per sec, etc.
2. Select your "Output file" and destination. Also select the "New AVI size". If the source file is for example 700mb, then you should use 800mb. Rule of thumb here is that your destination file should be slightly larger than the source file. Increasing it by a great number will not make the video look better, and will be over kill. Just try to keep it one larger than the original. It will insure that the new file will keep it’s quality….
3. Now click on the “Additions” tab. Here you can change the resolution and audio. You need not change the resolution or resize it. Just leave this alone. Click the "Audio" tab and choose “convert audio streams”. Select CBR and use 128kb/s or higher... Be sure to click “Use”….
4. In the Settings tab, I like to checkmark “delete temporary files”, so that you don’t clutter up your HDD…. These setting go back to default after each job, so you will need to do this every time, if you wish to…
5. And finally the Queue tab. Pretty much just what it says. You can queue many files back to back and let them run over night, or just this one. Then click start…

This may take an hour, two, or even three, so just leave it for a while and come back later. Check to see if it works on the PS3.

Error in Windows 7 activation

I wonder how many people will see this...

PIDGIN/Ubuntu - MSN/AOL and Microsoft OCS all in one

Well, while not as easy as it could be:

Install pidgin Internet messaging from "add remove applications"

Then get the pre-reqs for OCS:

sudo apt-get install autotools-dev libtool intltool comerr-dev libpurple-bin libpurple-dev pidgin-dev

Download pidgin plugin for OCS (if you have the older version there is no option for "Office Communicator is says LCS/OCS")

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sipe/files/sipe/pidgin-sipe-1.6.3/pidgin-sipe-1.6.3.tar.gz/download

unarchive it, then:

./configure –prefix=/usr/
make
sudo make install

Then to make it work, add a new account:
protocol: Office Communicator
username: email address
login: just the login name
password: secret password
Local alias: optional
ADVANCED: optional
(Connection type: auto, User agent is Purple/1.6.3)

Quest NDS migrator error - 1281-41-14-00000000

The following error may be received when entering credentials on the Groupwise System Information screen (Directory Exporter):

ERROR: Unable to login to GroupWise as user 'username'. Please check your user ID. [1281-41-14-00000000]

Cause

Incorrect credentials or the account specified does not have a GroupWise password (Novell and GroupWise objects can have separate passwords).

Here is where you fix it.





And now it works fine !



Carry one Quest-ing.

Hyper-V VM's on you laptop?

It would be great to run Hyper-V VMs on my laptop, like the new FIM2010 VMDK from Microsoft.
I could run Windows Server 2008 on my laptop and run in Hyper-V natively but a pain in the arse (re-partition and then dual booting). So I have started using VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org) which is free for personal use - runs on Windows XP/Vista/Linux/Mac. It supports both 64-bit and APIC mode.

Once installed VirtualBox can setup and, import the disk and booted the VM.

After boot, installed Guest Additions (just like Enlightment or VMWare tools. You may also get prompted to reactivate Windows.

Enjoy the convenience and simplisity or free.

Religions explained

It is so easy put like this...

Snow Leopard - Home Permium with Anti Virus?

Nice work...

TCP over ICMP, another great way to get around the IT department.

This is a nice way to route from your box inside the secure environment to the box you have at home. Via ICMP, sweet.

ip-over-icmp, firewall piercing, ping, icmp, tunnel, ifconfig, route, tun/tap, tun0.

There is one good reason to jail break the iphone

here it is, just imagine that...

Marcos Ambrose - best Sprint Cup driver not to have won a race

It’s time to acknowledge the season that Marcos Ambrose is having in his first year running the full Sprint Cup schedule. On the year, Ambrose has collected seven top-10s, and four top-fives, including an amazing third-place finish last night. In both races at Bristol this year, the Aussie has left Bristol with top-10 finishes, which for anyone let alone a rookie, is an incredible feat. Ambrose has now officially assumed the mantel of the best Sprint Cup driver not to have won a race. And I promise you that it won’t be long before Ambrose sheds that label, and becomes the next first-time Sprint Cup winner.

Link to this site.

Some people are great at fixing things

http://blogs.laweekly.com/style_council/candy-land/there-i-fixed-it-stupid-things/

STOP! Hammertime! 2.1c

This is a Firefox addon for when you hit STOP

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/974

Maybe Google MAPS does not give you the most direct route?

I think we can all see the world has gone quiet MAD

This is my favorite every little red wagon...

Full details: http://jalopnik.com/5333923/the-biggest-little-red-wagon-youll-ever-see/gallery/

Microsoft Licencing for Vista/Windows 7

Even for a corporate it does not matter how much you pay Microsoft you still need to tell them (via an activation server) that you have a valid Windows license at worst every 30 days and at best every 180 days.

What happens when Vista is currentRelease-2 (end of life or four years from release date), does Microsoft just kill your licences? If they could have done that for Windows XP, this week was when they would have, XP is now EOL as Windows 7 is the second release after XP... But I guess you are all off Windows XP by now so no biggy for you right. You can not even buy an XP licnce today accoring to Microsoft...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

Excel 2007 Invisible check boxs

I have this add-in installed in Excel 2007, the installation works, but the removal was not 100% and left the code, no biggy, I will use help to remove the add-ins. Step 1-2 find the right place step 5.1, click the invisible check box... is it me or can you see it?

Exchange - key facts about CCR

Am I cynical or is the feature of Exchange 2007 CCR built on the logs being kept on a hidden share with file permissions so that a second node can batch update its database?


Continuous replication places almost no CPU and input/output (I/O) load on the active node during normal operation   CCR uses the passive node to copy and replay the logs. Logs are accessed by the passive node via a secured file share.

ttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124521.aspx

rcconf to remove KVM from init runlevel 2

Arh, after a bit of digging as there is no sysconfig on ubuntu, rcconfig (apt-get install rcconf) and follow you nose.

Easy....

Sun VirtualBox and Ubuntu update

It is a pain that VirtualBox 3.0.x and Intel's KVM have a problem, each reboot I need to remove KVM and KVM_Intel...

Office 2007 as a blog tool

With pictures via Flickr… Lets see if it works – Attempt 3

 

Google Chrome based on Mozilla

 

Chrome could be a new friend of mine, as it is after all using the Mozilla code.

 

 

Office 2007 working with GAG, Google’s Blogger

That is right my friends, I did not think it would work, but here I am, big bold and written in Calibri font from Office 2007.

 

Sydney Petrol Price and the GST/Excise

I don't know who else has thought about this, but tonight waiting for a server reboot I did. So in brief here are some facts.

Barrel of oil = 158 Litres
Barrel of oil cost AUD = $130
Output of this barrel:
Petrol 68 litres
Diesel 33 litres
Other 36 litres

Cost of purchase:
Sydney petrol $1.60 $108.70
Sydney diesel $1.80 $59.72
Sydney cost of other? 0.5 $18.00
TOTAL $186.43

Cost of Escise (Tax) and GST:

TAX National Fuel Excise 38.143% $71.11
TAX state GST 10% $18.64
Real cost $96.68 (only 52% of cost)

By my crude calculation that makes the true cost of petrol today
Sydney petrol minus Excise & GST $0.83
Sydney petrol with GST no Excise $0.91

And if I extrapolate that out for our family:

Ute 100L 48 Weekly fills
Focus 50L 48 Weekly fills

Then the fuel without the excise will save us:
Saving annual or Weekly savings
$3,312 $64
$1,656 $32

$100 a week our family is paying in Excise... Is that really needed? $5000 per year I am paying the government for the energy I need to get to work because there is no public transport, the nearest bus that takes me to another bus is 1.5km, the nearest direct bus is 17km the nearest train is 13km.

Don't forget this is on top of income tax ...

Let me think about that a different way, I have a $400,000 home loan (30 year). If I get an extra $100 per week what can that do to my home loan? Well according to echoice.com.au I will payoff the home loan 7 years earlier, and will save $156,000.00 in interest.

But I guess we are stuck so if we leave it as is for 30 years I can pay the government $114,000 in excise AND the the bank the extra in mortgage costs $156,000. Meaning due to excise I have to fork out an extra $270,000 or $226 per week. Geezzzz thank you Australian Federal Government.

And they are trying to stop inflation...? I don't think they are thinking hard enough.


sources for details:
http://www.echoice.com.au/mortgage/home_loans?pn=/homeloancalculators/extrarepayments.html
http://www.openroad.com.au/driverknowhow_fuellingthenation.asp
http://www.livecharts.co.uk/MarketCharts/crude.php
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/04/oil-independence-possible-according-to-doe-scientist/

Dave

Hyper-V not working on a non-VT cpu

If you have not downloaded and installed the intel CPU ID utility, you may see the following, and with good reason. Go and get a new CPU, you dont have Intel VT support.

Hyper V on a Lenovo

If you going to run Hyper-V make sure the CPU supports it. This is how it looks on an Intel. This is a IBM Lenovo thinkpad Z61p

Hyper-V and laptops - Z61p T61p

If you are trying to use a IBM (lenovo) Z61p or T61p then make sure you go to Intel and check that you have a CPU that supports it. You need to go to Intel and download the right binary for your CPU, the link is here.

Intel web site

Once you do that you can ensure that your CPU is supported. Here is an example.

Microsoft really nailed it this time, Vista

Yep, refreshing news to see what most people think is true for the press too. Vista in the top-10 WORST list. Albeit at number 10, but it had some stiff competition...

It is clear now that religion is the cause for the fuel war

It is clear - CAR and GAS

It had to happen again

Why cant I get a take down notice... I am waiting

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