Tag Archive | "Windows"

How To Solve Windows 7 Activation Error 0x8007232B DNS Name does not exist

Sunday, December 4, 2011

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If you’re trying to activate Windows 7, and are faced with the following error: Error Code: 0x8007232B Description: DNS Name does not exist You can try this to solve the problem. Search for “cmd”, then right-click on “cmd.exe” and choose to “Run as adminstrator” (this is important!) Then type these: slmgr.vbs -ipk [Your Windows 7 [...]

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How To Solve The MediaMonkey Error of “Runtime error 217 at 00469DAD” in Windows 7

Monday, November 1, 2010

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The fact that Windows 7 is mentioned in the title of this post should give you some clue on why this error message will surface. If you haven’t figured it out yet, it’s got to do with Windows 7′s permissions and UAC mechanisms. Apparently MediaMonkey tries to load some dependencies, and it’s not allowed to [...]

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How To Share An Wireless/Wi-Fi Internet Connection With a Windows 7 Computer

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

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It’s not often, but sometimes you end up in an area where there’s only a wired ethernet connection to the Internet, and you have 2-3 mobile devices that only use Wi-Fi. E.g. a hotel room in China where your 3G devices don’t work. What happens? This is when you’d be happy that you had a [...]

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How To Disable GTalk (Google Talk) On Your Android Phone

Thursday, September 30, 2010

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I wanted to use both Windows Live and GTalk while on my Android phone, and I didn’t want the default GTalk app to run anymore, since there wasn’t much of a point running two apps for that when one would do. It seemed like there were only 2 popular apps in the market for this [...]

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How To Fix MTP Failed or CDC Failed Errors When Connecting Your Samsung Galaxy S via USB

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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Today, I tried plugging in my Samsung Galaxy S, an Android phone, to my computer, thinking that I could transfer some files to it. Surprise, surprise, I was greeted by an error stating that there was a problem installing the USB drivers for my phone. Windows Update didn’t seem to have any drivers for this [...]

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How To Find Out What’s Locking Files or Folders in Mac

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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One of the first problems that I came across the Mac was the “File in use” error that occurred whenever I tried to unmount a hard drive, or unmount a USB thumb drive. It was annoying because I didn’t know how to find the source. In Windows, I would face the same problem too, but [...]

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Best Wireless Keyboard: The Logitech K340 Wireless Keyboard Review

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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I was using the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard for a while with my Thinkpad (running Windows 7), but I soon found it inadequate. The keys were mismatched, and I had to use software to match up the keys to what I want to achieve in Windows, i.e. home, end, delete, alt-tab. Also, since I got a [...]

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