I have Windows 7 x64 and a 1.5TB hard drive. Whenever my PC was resuming from standby I would get a BSOD. I initially thought it was a driver issue but I came across this KB article. “You receive various Stop error messages in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you try…
Connecting to a Windows PPTP VPN from Ubuntu 10.04
If you’d like to connect to a Windows PPTP VPN here is a howto to make it happen. You need to have Ubuntu 10.04 if not you need to apt-get some packages that are not installed by default. Click ‘System’ -> ‘Preferences’ -> ‘Network Connections’ Click the ‘VPN’ tab Leave ‘Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)’ selected…
Slow iPod / iPhone / iPad sync times
My iPad was taking upwards of 45 – 75 minutes to do a complete sync. I found a utility that disables the backup portion of the sync which speeds it up significantly. http://www.digidna.net/products/backoff The utility works for all ios devices.
Disable Password Lock on Exchange 2007 for iPhone Users
If you have an iPhone with OS 3.0 or greater and Exchange 2007 it will require you to enable a PIN on your device by default. To disable this you need to… Open the Exchange Management Console Expand the Organization Configuration Click on Client Access Double click your Activesync Mailbox Policy Click the Password tab…
Textnow for iPad!
Installed Textnow for the iPad. It’s been working great so far. I initially tried textfree but they don’t have an iPad app. Textnow definitely works better though. They have mms support, you get an actual phone number, and they support Google Voice. It integrates with your address book and contact pictures so you don’t have…