Statler’s Rogue Valley Views

C:\windows\system 32\rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk

This will reset XP trial, and can be done 4 times (120 days).

One client was getting a blue screen when using remote desktop to the office. While researching the problem I found a note about turning off and disabling the Smart Card service under XP Pro SP2. The people commenting said it works like a charm. I don’t think it’s a problem with this particular laptop but it’s and interesting idea.

What a bunch of junk is out there, while the real jewels seem lost behind the SEO work of “take you money for  nothing” developers like at tether.com. Do not buy tether.com.

Now I’m trying PdaNet, which is a product from JuneFabrics (strange name). Here’s the links and I’ll report back after experimenting a bit.

http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php

Unfortunately for iPhone folks, it’s not an easy 1,2,3 to use a tethering app. Of course, they can just pay the $25 to $30 a month fee to tether, but that’s so archaic!

The iPhone version of the app will work on any version of iPhone, so PdaNet says.

http://www.junefabrics.com/iphone/index.php

The iPhone needs to be jailbroken, here’s the PdaNet comment on jailbreaking. They recommend searching the web for instructions for the particular version of iPhone.

http://www.junefabrics.com/iphone/faq.php#jailbreak

Here’s the google link for iPhone jail breaking

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=iphone+jailbreak+instructions&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g2

Here’s the Wikipedia entry on iPhones unapproved apps

But first, the most important take: “…in 2010 Jailbreaking was declared officially legal in the United States by the DCMA.”

Unapproved third-party software and jailbreaking

See also: iOS jailbreaking and iPhone Dev Team

The iPhone’s operating system is designed to only run software that has an Apple-approved cryptographic signature. This restriction can be overcome by “jailbreaking” the phone,^[237] which involves replacing the iPhone’s firmware with a slightly modified version that does not enforce the signature check. Doing so may be a circumvention of Apple’s technical protection measures.^[238] Apple, in a statement to the United States Copyright Office in response to EFF lobbying for a DMCA exception for this kind of hacking, claimed that jailbreaking the iPhone would be copyright infringement due to the necessary modification of system software.^[239] However in 2010 Jailbreaking was declared officially legal in the United States by the DMCA.^[240] Jailbroken iPhones may be susceptible to computer viruses, but few such incidents have been reported.^[241][242]

iOS and Android 2.3.3 ‘Gingerbread’ may be set up to dual boot on a jailbroken iPhone with the help of OpeniBoot or iDroid.^[243][244]

Jailbreaking an iPhone does not look like child’s play. It might be better to hire someone at a phone repair shop to do the job. Otherwise this link looks as good as others to get a feel for it: http://www.iphonehacks.com/2011/10/step-by-step-guide-to-jailbreak-iphone-4-iphone-3gs-running-ios-5-using-redsn0w.html

Stupid to have to do this, ping should be enabled by default if you ask me. But thanks to Valeri answering her own question I now know how to enable it on Win7.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/how-to-enable-ping-response-in-windows-7/5aff5f8d-f138-4c9a-8646-5b3a99f1cae6

Firewall
/advanced
/Inbound Rules
/New Rule
/Custom Rule
/Protocol: ICMPv4
/Customize
Specific: ICMP types
check: “echo request”
exit out

http://www.yinter.net/faq

Haven’t tried it yet but will definitely do so.