Journal, Opinion and Rants!
If Outlook doesn’t work correctly, the pst file might have some problems.
Run “SCANPST.EXE” to repair Outlook pst file.
For Office 2007:
/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office 12/SCANPST.EXE
Make sure you backed up the pst file before proceeding.
From time to time I’d get a call from acquaintances regarding their computers. Usually it’s about the viruses, trojans, worms, spywares, etc.
Well, this time it’s a Rootkit!
I know that the most effective way is to wipe the hard-drive clean and fresh-install Windows. I opted to clean the system to see what kinda damges done on this computer. Thanks to ComboFix author!
I’m going to fresh-install Windows later.
Nothing brightens my day like seeing a Hard-Drive failing. That means I have to rescue the data.
Wait, did I say “brightens my day?”
I meant to say the opposite.
Thursday October 22nd, 2009 Windows 7 was officially released. I scoured local electronic stores for a desktop and a laptop computer. Yes, I was shopping computers but not for me.
I have been using Windows 7 since the early Beta version and have been using the RTM version for more than 6 weeks to the launch date. I installed Windows 7 on multiple computers for testing purpose. A Pentium 4 Hyper-Threading desktop, a Centrino laptop, a MacBook Pro Core Duo, a Core 2 Quad desktop and an 8-core Mac Pro amongst many.
I personally don’t believe what many “tech journalists” have said before.
What I found out is that Windows 7 is not a leap and bound compared to Windows Vista. Windows 7 still a memory hog, albeit less than Windows Vista. On older computers Windows 7 is not pleasant to use. On current and powerful computers, Windows 7 does excel.
My experience certainly does not reflect of those of most computer users.
One shining feature of Windows 7 for me is the native support for AVCHD format. I own and use several AVCHD camcorders; Windows 7 now can now be integrated into the workflow.
Windows 7 is something new, but I’d recommend buying a new computer when the need arose. Please avoid buying computers because they are cheap. Buy the best possible hardware that you can afford.
P.S. B.B. King rocks the Blues!
I am really grateful for DropBox. It has made my life one step easier.
Sharing files between my computers couldn’t be any easier; considering that I’m running different Operating Systems.
I can’t imagine why Windows Vista Service Pack 1 takes 3 hours to install.
It’s on a Toshiba Satellite notebook with Intel Core 2 Duo and 2GB of RAM.
Scratching my heads figuring out why BlackBerry won’t sync Calendars to Outlook 2007.
All existing Calendars in the BlackBerry won’t transfer to Outlook 2007. Only new entries can be synced.
I’m reading through a lot of articles on BlackBerry Support forums right now.
UPDATE:
Found the solutions to this particular problem on multiple discussions.
Go to:
I installed Windows 7 Enterprise Edition RTM on my 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo. Everything seems to be working well initially. Most device drivers were installed by Windows 7. Boot Camp Windows Support took care of the rest of the drivers including the trackpad, iSight and keyboard drivers.
For some reasons after a few reboots, iSight driver kept crashing. At this point Apple has not officially supported Windows 7 yet.
As expected, Windows 7 prompted me to install some anti-malware software and I opted to install Microsoft Security Essentials Beta. Shortly after Windows 7 started crashing. I tried to roll back Windows 7 using System Restore, but unfortunately it failed. I tried uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials Beta but it wouldn’t run under Safe Mode. Windows 7 always crashes unless it is in Safe Mode.
I am going re-format and install the system all over again.
I was just about to install Windows 7 RTM on the MacBook Pro Core Duo. Unfortunately Boot Camp Assistant is unable to relocate files on the hard drive to create a 32 GB partition.
Well, I’m going to wait for this weekend to see if Snow Leopard would actually be released. It’s an excuse for backing-up and initializing the hard drive.
Until then I’d put this project on hold and installing Windows 7 on an older Gateway PC instead.
I’m downgrading a computer to Windows XP SP2 because a certain Microsoft program doesn’t work properly after Service Pack 3 was installed.
Well, it is not the program itself. For some reasons certain VB-scripts no longer runs properly after Internet Explorer 7 is installed. Internet Explorer 7 is somehow included in Service Pack 3.
For now this computer will stay at Service Pack 2.
