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October 2006 - Posts

• Dell laptops catching fire - Was it really a battery problem?

  Three weeks ago, I received my brand new Dell Inspiron 6400. That's exactly the kind of laptop I like. Not too big, not too small, not too heavy, capable of great performances, with its Core 2 Duo T7200, 2 gigs of RAM and ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, Read More... Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 8:37 PM by slimcode | 4 Comments Filed under: English, Non-technical

• FolderShare and my rebooting D-Link DI-624: Solution

  For those who read my troubles with my D-Link DI-624 , rebooting every 30 seconds when running FolderShare , I received an email from the D-Link Support. They suggested to roll back to firmware 2.75, or disable uPnP. The second solution was out of question, Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 2:33 PM by slimcode | 4 Comments Filed under: English, Technical

• Weird router problem

  I have a very strange problem with my D-Link router . When FolderShare is running on one of my computers, the router reboots about every 30 seconds. It seems this application is causing some kind of stack overflow or other similar problem with the router. Read More... Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 6:24 PM by slimcode | 1 Comments Filed under: English, Technical

• Active window caption in Vista

  I'm having a love/hate relationship with Aero, the new translucent window border look in Vista. I find it nice-looking to have transparency in window borders and captions, but it makes recognizing the active window a lot more difficult, moreover when Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:22 PM by slimcode | 1 Comments Filed under: English, Technical

• Windows Live OneCare

  I'm trying Windows Live OneCare, and for the moment, I like it. Though it requires a reboot, installation is smooth and it seems not too CPU intrusive. As expected, it requires me to acknowledge a few applications the first time they try to access the Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:47 PM by slimcode | 0 Comments Filed under: English, Technical

• Windows Vista Activation Woes

  I'm having an anoying problem with the Windows Vista Activation. I was welcomed today by the activation tray icon. It requested me to enter a different license key. I entered my key again, but got back to the same point. Clicking on the "Show me details" Read More... Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:06 PM by slimcode | 1 Comments Filed under: English, Technical

• Trying Windows Live Writer

  This is my first try at Windows Live Writer, what seems a very cool utility for posting on your blogs. I was very impressed with the list of blog engines supported. I'll keep you posted about the pros and cons! Technorati tags: Windows Live Writer , Community Read More... Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 6:45 PM by slimcode | 0 Comments Filed under: English, Non-technical