Automating start up and shutdown of a computer

Preferable for servers which should not always be on all the time,but can be plugged into a power source to enable wake up later on.You will use wake on lan technology and windows scheduler .The following is freeware works well on server environment as well as home and office

Need

1.Auto shutdown Genius 

2. Wol.exe  

3. Mac address of the first computer.In cmd type ipconfig /all

4. A second computer.

Procedure

1. Enable Wake on LAN feature in the bios of the machine.It is usualy found under power management

2. In cmd type ipconfig /all to get the mac address of the first computer.

3. In the second computer go to Start menu > Control panel > Task scheduler.

4. Create a new scheduled job with the following settings

4. In the Run text-box enter "D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads\wol.exe" 001cc4bdd756 9

-where the the link points to the wol.exe file.

-where the 001cc4bdd756 is the mac address of the first computer and the last digit 9 is the port number

5.In the Start as text box enter "D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads"

 -which is the folder where wol.exe is found.

6.Edit the schedule to reflect the time you want the wake on lan magic packets to be sent to computer one.

7. Install Auto Shutdown Genius in the first computer.

8. Schedule the shut down times for computer one.

9. Voila you have a functioning machine that can strart up whenever you schedule it to.

10. You can also use this site to do it automaticaly on your phone or cyber cafe or from home

http://www.wakeonlan.me/

Microsoft windows phone 8 buy back

http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/12/06/microsoft-is-paying-users-to-switch-to-windows-phone-8/

Wow when Android sales are up. I guess u have to do anything .Windows never thought open source would ever bite them where it hurts.Linux rules the third world. My government started a new IT policy to move away form proprietary systems to open source systems.

Send big files over internet

Email has its limitations and you cant always send the size of the files that you want .Sending larger files become a hustle.The following two free services might help.

1.www.wetransfer.com

   This site uploads your file then sends a link to up to 20 emails .The file is stored for up to 2 weeks/14 days.you can transfer up to 2gb of files.

2. www.dropbox.com 

  This site is like a virtual hard disk anywhere you are you can access your shared files any where on registered PC, Android, IOS and browser.You download the application on whatever platform you are on just drop the files on the dropbox folder and your good to go.for collaborative work you can can right click and the dropbox website gives you a link to the file or folder .That is just one awsome way of sharing files.

Unable to open.chm files

Found this link that is just the key to .chm files not opening under XP

http://www.drexplain.com/press/articles/error_accessing_and_displaying_chm_files_reasons_and_solutions/

The site has a listing of the probable causes for your .chm files not opening

A security update for Windows XP® may block access to CHM files

Windows XP® security update blocks active content in CHM files to protect your system security. Additional information is available here.

Solution: Run Windows Explorer, right-click on the CHM file, and select Properties from the popup menu. Click on the Unblock button immediately below the Advanced button on the General page. Click Apply to show the content. Once the CHM file has been unblocked, the Unblock button disappears.

Rooting Huawei Ideos U8185 Android Phone

follow this link its the most specific for this phone

http://smodavproductions.blogspot.com/p/rooting-huawei-ideos-u8185-ascend-y100.html

a solution

Thinking of starting an IT company.Offering what u ask. Structured cabling, software development and resale.Will update how it  goes.

u torrent remote updates

You can check on your donwloads remotely. You can add torrents on to your donloads. To set it up go to remote in the preferences menu
Then either go to https://remote.utorrent.com/

or downloawd
the android app

Take me to your leader

This is a link to show you how to set up the anti-theft feature of avast anti-theft for android. That is if you love your droid . Tell that thief to take me to Ur leader.
http://www.guidingtech.com/13234/set-up-use-avast-anti-theft-android/

Usb internet sharing from comp to android

Reverse tethering
You can use android to connect ur computer to the internet through usb thering
You can also use the same to give your android phone internet too.How awsome is that .Safaricom shhhhh....
Here is a link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hqclp8jbx1potwb/r0405.zip?m The down side u gotta b rooted to get goin, n we all know how easy that is :(

Freelance jobs website

This is a good site for freelance web designers, graphics and programmers
http://1001freelanceprojects.com

Reserver ip address on a dhcp client win server 2003

You may want to reserve the same IP address on a computer on a LAN using win server 2003 dhcp server.
1. Start
2. Manage your server
3. Manage this Dhcp server
4. Adress leases
5. Enter Mac address of the computer and the desired  Ip address
6. to get the mac address of a computer
   a) windows key + r
   b) enter "cmd"
   c) enter "ipconfig /all"
   d) should have the mac address of the network interface card you want to have a reserved ip address

Andoku android app

For soduku lovers like me this is an owsome android app.

Mobile tracker for android

Found this app hopping it will be promising it has a function where you can store four contacts to send an sms to incase the sim card gets changed.The concept being incase of theft you can track your phone through sms.Ill give it a go and may be we can see if it realy works.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.admob.nav.mobiletracker&hl=sw

Print Error 0X000003e3

Print Error 0X000003e3

The machine was printing ok. Something messed up the print share machine (\\192.168.0.190) had to reinstall the drivers for printer.

When I Open the network share \\192.168.0.190 to the shared printer

Double click to the shared printer the following appears

The after click after clicking install driver

Then the following error appears

 

Solution

Enter the following into the run box,by combining
Windows key + R .then enter

rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr

Added print share machine and an account with rights to access the print share machine

 

 I repeated the  process to add the printer that is shared on  \\192.168.0.190 and voila . A working print share.