Gtalk: Chat shows BP in blue color

The following are the smiles in Gtalk and they will be shown in blue color.


;-| ;-O ;-x ;-P ;-D ;-( ;-) ;'( ;| ;O ;x ;P ;D ;) ;( ;)
:-| :-O :-x :-P :-D :-( :-) :'( :| :O :x :P :D :) :( :)
B) B( Bx BO B| BD BP

Remote Desktop: Full screen mode is not working

1. Start 'Remote Desktop Connection' from start menu
2. Take Options > Display
3. In 'Display configuration' section change the resolution to your screen's resolution

SVN error: "Inconsistent newlines Inconsistent line ending style"

You might be having Unix & Windows style EOL (End of Line) in your file. Open the file in Notepad++ and go to Edit > EOL Conversion and switch your style to desired one if it is enabled. If not switch to a style available and then switch back to the style you need.

In Linxu try dos2unix.

Putty Error: There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive X

This is a very annoying error message from Putty but mostly it goes off after a reboot.

lst was unexpected at this time - Windows batch file

Try removing all the special characters from your directory names where the batch file is placed.

c:\mydir(3.6)\mybat.bat was the case with me. The ( & ) in the directory name resulted in the error in my case.

Building Kernel - Warning: Alignment of vdso_data_store is greater than maximum object file alignment

Do you have the following error?

CC      arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.o
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c:81: warning: alignment of âvdso_data_storeâ is greater than maximum object file alignment.  Using 32768
make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel] Error 2

Then you might be using an older version of GCC. Usually GCC 4.1 and 4.2 gives this error and GCC 4.3+ should work fine. You can install 'Advance Toolchain 2.1-2' or newer to resolve this issue.

Advance Toolchain Download

Visual Studio not building/skipping projects

Are you trying to build your projects in x64 and getting the error "Skipped Build: Project: <ProjectName>"

Then you might be missing x64 bit tools in your Visual Studio, try installing it.

Sony Xperia phone is dead/not powering up

Keep the phone plugged in for 15 minutes and then try to turn it on by pressing POWER & HOME keys together.

Note: This is something which worked in my case. I cannot assure that this could work in all cases.

Microsoft Surface Price

As per the latest updates Microsoft Surface will be priced in between $300-$800. But there are strong speculations that the Microsoft Surface RT will have an aggressive pricing of $199!

How to refer a fixed row or column or cell in Google spread sheet formula?

Lock the reference using $
Eg: A$1 - lock the column, $A1 - lock the row, $A$1 - lock the cell

Honda Dream Yuga Mileage

58KM per Liter in Bangalore city before 1st service.
Details: http://hondadreamyuga.blogspot.in/2012/09/honda-dream-yuga-mileage.html

SanDisk Cruzer Facet USB Flash Drive Review

SanDisk Cruzer Facet USB Flash Drive Rating: 4/5

Pros:

• Absolutely 0 heating. (I have used it 8+ hours continuously plugged in but still 0 heat generated. Implies long life)
• Solid build
• Smaller in size
• 5 year warranty (you need to register online)
• Encryption utility, SecureAccess (pre-loaded with the drive)
• 19.5MB/s read speed (on an average)

Cons:

• Write speed is just 2.5-3.5MB/s (on an average) and that's the biggest issue I found in this flash drive. Its a way less than what you could actually get in market right now. I couldn't figure out the reason for the inconsistent write speed. It just varies with out any reason and usually it increases towards the end. There are times I even had 5MB/s write speed on the very same machine.

Misc:

• Gives you 14.9GB usable space
• Looks stylish
• Available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB
• Dimensions: 45 mm x 12 mm x 4.5 mm

Microsoft Wired Controller (XBox360) Review

5/5 is my take :-) This is what I liked about the 'Microsoft Wired Controller' so far.

• Excellent Response
• Vibration Feedback
• Solid and built to last
• Very handy and comfortable in hand
• Sufficient wire length (But wireless rocks!)
• FIFA12 & Flight Simulator X, tailor made controller mapping (that's what I played so far)

How to overwrite deleted data (Secure Erase) in Windows

Start > Run or WinKey + R
Type cmd and press Enter
Issue 'cipher /w:<driveletter>:\' command to overwrite all the deleted data in that drive.

Honda Dream Yuga Review

4/5 is my rating for the new Honda Dream Yuga. Taken off 1 for being little costly and the insane extended warranty condition that a service has to be done in every two months.

Please find more information here: http://hondadreamyuga.blogspot.com

How to turn on/off message alert popup window in Outlook 2010

File > Options > Mail
Under Message Arrival, select/clear the Display a Desktop Alert check box.

Top Free Android Applications

Productivity:

• Dictionary.com - Take Dictionary.com's trusted reference content wherever you go. - Download
• Astrid Tasks - Perfect personal to-do list Even better when shared with friends. - Download
• Expense Manager - Can't handle your daily finance? Expense Manager is here to help. - Download
• TED - Riveting talks by remarkable people. - Download
• Evernote - Evernote turns your Android device into an extension of your brain. - Download
• Dropbox - Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. - Download
• Phone Usage - Save money! Monitor your phone call, text and data usage. - Download
• ES File Explorer - Featured File manager & App manager which can explore the phones & computers. - Download
• ES Task Manager - Save Battery, Free Memory, Kill Task, Uninstall App. - Download
• Tiny Compass - Incredibly simple, yet very useful compass application - Download

Games:

• Where is My Water - Beautiful graphics, simple and logical - Download
• Cut the Rope - Simple and logical - Download
• Rise of Glory - 3D aerial combat game. - Download
• Angry Birds Space - New member in the well known angry birds family - Download

Others:

• IMDb - Search the world's largest collection. - Download
• WhatsApp - Get WhatsApp Messenger and say goodbye to SMS! - Download
• Easy Voice Recorder - Easy Voice Recorder is a great voice recorder that records in WAV, AAC, and AMR. - Download
• Battery Widget - An elegant battery info widget, plus level indicator on status bar and alerts. - Download
• tTorrent Lite - tTorrent is a torrent(bittorrent) client for Android based devices. - Download

Security:

• Avast Mobile Security - Full-featured, top-rated antivirus & anti-theft Android security app. - Download

How to enable/disable firewall in SLES?

/etc/init.d/SuSEfirewall2_setup <start/stop>

How to recall a mail in Outlook?

Go to 'Sent Items' and open the mail you want to recall. Now take the actions menu and choose recall.

How to extract an iso file in Linux?

mkdir <target_dir>
mount -o loop -t iso9660 <your_iso_file> <target_dir>

Note: There are many other ways to extract the contents, this one works faster to me in command line.

Byte Messaurement

Bit : Either 0 or 1

8 Bit = 1 Byte

1024 Byte = 1 Kilo Byte (KB)
1024 Kilo Byte = 1 Mega Byte (MB)
1024 Mega Byte = 1 Giga Byte (GB)
1024 Giga Byte = 1 Tera Byte (TB)
1024 Tera Byte = 1 Peta Byte (PB)
1024 Peta Byte = 1 Exa Byte (EB)
1024 Exa Byte = 1 Zetta Byte (ZB)

How to disable junk filter in Outlook 2010?

Home > Delete (section) > Junk (drop down) > Junk Email Options > Options (tab)

Choose the level of Junk Protection (radio button): No filtering, Low, High or Safe List only

What is the shortcut key for 'Run to Cursor' in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008?

Ctrl + F10

How to hide a photo folder from the Android gallery?

Create a file ".nomedia" i.e. <dot>nomedia in that folder. Gallery application will skip those folders when it scans for media files.

How to clear the windows security log?

Note: You need to be an administrator user to perform the following operation.

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management

Now select 'Events' on the left hand side. Right hand side you should see 'Security', right click on it and choose 'Clear all evnets'.

How to remove the Picasa synced photos from Android?

Force stop (Kill) the Gallery App and disable the data transfer.

Go to Settings >  Accounts & Sync > your Google account and uncheck the Sync Picasa Web Album option.

Now go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Gallery and clear the cache & data.

Enable the data transfer, open the Gallery again, hopefully you should be good.

How to reload /etc/fstab after a change?

Issue the command 'mount -a' to mount all the fstab entries or give 'mount /<newItem>'.

How to sync Android phone contacts to Gmail

Ah this was a real tough job for me. I hate the idea of Google that sync each and everything we kept with them in all their services. It was so foolish for me to create a Google+ account and see all my blogger pictures in that account as an album and with out a second thought I deleted everything. Bingo! I lost all the pictures I posted in my blogs till that date. Thank you so much dear Google.

Next turn was setting up my android. It pick up all the calender events from Facebook, Google account etc and I just given the option delete all events. Once again thank you so much Google. You have cleared all my calenders. Google also brought all my picasa albums including the blogger once to my android. I really hate that idea too. There is no way to selectively sync the albums. Also, sync my Google account contacts was impossible. They have brought all my Orkut contacts and whenever I reply all to a forwarded mail, the great Google used to add all those contacts to my Google account.

Thats enough. Now on wards I decided to keep a separate Google account for my personal contacts & personal events which I like to see in my mobile as well.

I've created the new Gmail account. Now the question is how to move all my phone contacts to my new account? Well that was pretty easy! Before that make sure that Google won't auto save any contacts in your new account. Go to settings and disable the auto fill (Settings > General Tab > Create contacts for auto complete).

Go to contacts, select send and then select Gmail as the mode of sending your contacts, and sent them to your new Google account. It will email all your contacts as a vcf file. Open the mail, you will see an option to Import the contacts. Now delete all your phone contacts. And just sync your phone with the new Google account. You are done. Now edit the contacts, upload the photos you need in your android etc to the new Google account and sync it. You are all good.

PS: There is no way to delete the primary Google account you have configured in your phone. So may be keep it for the typical use and what ever you need in your future phones, migrate those information to your new account gradually.

If anyone has better suggestions, please drop your comments.

WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!

You need to remove keys belonging to host(name/ip) as follows.

ssh-keygen -R <your_hostname_or_your_ip>

Now try again. You should be good!

How to: Alt + Ctrl + Del in Remote Desktop

Use Alt + Ctrl + End