Tech Review Windows: Thursday, March 29, 2012

Performing a Windows 7 Update

• Select the Windows Icon at the bottom left
• On the input line type 'Windows Update"
• In the Programs result select "Windows Update"
• The Window "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Update" dialog appears.

Tech Review Microsoft: Monday, January 30, 2012

Netflix Sliverlight Hell

This is not my error, but seem to be related.  My error is 

Connection Problem Error Code:  

    N8106-101 Unable to connect to the nteflix service.

Netflix sent me to talk with MS.  Seems like I need to pay to even talk with MS.

In trying some solutions on the net I found my own solution:

• Uninstall the current Silverlight
• Install the 3.0 version of Silverlight
• http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=150228
• I saved this in a safe place for future use.
• When I tried to run Netflix it insist that I update.  After updating, silverlight starts working.
• This all might be simply related to the removing the mspr.hds file.
• http://www.kristoferbrozio.com/2011/03/07/fix-for-netflix-error-code-n8156-6013-updated/
• Note that simply uninstalling and re-installing Silverlight did not work.
• This is probably a problem in digital right management (DRM). 

http://forums.silverlight.net/t/55198.aspx/1

• Sounds like there have been lots of problems with Silverlight

I believe that the problem lies with Microsoft; however, if MS blows off big customer like Netflix, how do think they are going to treat a little guy like me.  Yes, that's right, they will charge me $60 dollars and tell me it is a Netflix problem.  Netflix need to resolve these issue with MS themselves and not sent us off like lambs to the slaughter. 

Computer Tech Review: Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Moonlight - Silverlight

http://go-mono.com/moonlight/

• An Opensource implementation of Silverlight for Unix systems.

http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx

• Silverlight itself

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13350&iTestingId=30583

• running silverlight in wine.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1239333

• Silverlight in Ubuntu

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=25

• Internet Explorer in wine

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1452735

• IE 8 in ubuntu

Cygwin

What is Cygwin?

http://www.cygwin.com/

• a collection of tools which provide a Linux look and feel environment for Windows
• currently at version 1.7.9-1

Virtual Box

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1517197

• Could not get it to work on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS AMD64
• Could not find the module

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1574582&page=3

https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/794

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1098946

Netflix in Linux

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1091125&page=5

• discussion with no success

New Sykipot variant can steal PINs from DOD smart cards

http://gcn.com/Articles/2012/01/13/Sykipot-Trojan-targets-DOD-CAC-cards.aspx?s=gcndaily_170112&Page=1

• from servers in China
• arrives via phishing attach
• keylogger
• hijack DOD and Windows smart cards
• spear-phishing attack
• through opening a Adobe PDF attachment
• list public-key encryption certificates stored in system
• back-door access Trojan
• targeting defense contractors
• December 2011 attack of military's fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles
• discovered by Lockheed Martin defense contractor

NASA and Women in Technology 

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79558

• Lt Uhura works at NASA
• Inspired by Dr. King
• http://women.nasa.gov/
• inspirational stories of women in technology

Too big to fail? Microsoft, ARM, and Windows 8.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/too-big-to-fail-microsoft-arm-and-windows-8/10147?alertspromo=&tag=nl.rSINGLE

• perhaps this should be intitled, to big to succeed.
• An interesting view of MS attempt to exclude other OS from their hardware.

ASUS TF101A1 Eee Pad Transformer Android Tablet - Android 3.0 Honeycomb, NVIDIA Tegra 2, 16GB Storage, 10.1" Capacitive Touch Screen Display (Refurbished)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1404521&sku=F12-101400&SRCCODE=WEM2971BY&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM2971-_-tigeremail2971&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM2971

• I wish I had spent the extra $100 and gotten this.

Tech Notes: Installing TortoiseGIT

For windows need to install two packages:

http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/detail?name=Git-1.7.8-preview20111206.exe

• msysgit

http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/downloads/detail?name=TortoiseGit-1.7.6.0-64bit.msi&can=2&q=

• TortoiseGIT

Tech Review: Tuesday, November 1, 2011

http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html

• Virtual CloneDrive 
• Nice freeware app for mounting an ISO in Win7

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/mount-an-iso-image-in-windows-vista/

• A nice review of Clone Drive and other such applications for Windows
• what do you do in linux?
• http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-iso-image-under-linux.html
• $ sudo bash
• $ mkdir -p /mnt/disk
• '-p' makes parent directories as needed
• $ mount -o loop <something>.iso /mnt/disk
• $ ls -l /mnt/disk

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-check-memory-usage/

• Checking the amount of memory free in linux
• $ free -m

How to Set Environment Variables

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519

To view or change environment variables:

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Click Environment variables.
4. Click one the following options, for either a user or a system variable:
• Click New to add a new variable name and value.
• Click an existing variable, and then click Edit to change its name or value.
• Click an existing variable, and then click Delete to remove it.

Re: Office Communicator

Also has the following problems:

1. Resource hog
2. No icon with the app in Win7

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Stan Hughes <hughes.stan@gmail.com> wrote:

Nice little application.  However, the menus are hidden in the top left corner of the windows.