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how to remove Storm codec completely?

lencent — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:22:01 +0800

i hv uninstalled storm codec for quite something. however i plug in the thumbdrive, it will show up in the auto run menu as shown below... any idea how to get rid of it completely?

thanks!

Singularity

lencent — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:26:29 +0800

[YOUTUBE]pOKAmUneYUY[/YOUTUBE]

this game looks promising
the gauntlet can be used like the G gun in half life, and can 'rebuild' the items.
the coolest part is tat u can incinerate foes from skin till skeleton

Sleep key in vista

lencent — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:55:40 +0800

i'm using a Dell laptop. before i change the id of my computer, when i pressed fn+esc= Standby, it will lock my laptop and switch off my display. however, after i changed my id, the button is not working anymore, it will just sleep. i did some research on how to set the hotkey, but most of it have to install third party program. i have no idea how i did it last time, so anyone mind to share their knowledge?

thanks!

wat is the price to apply for a new passport?

lencent — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:43:18 +0800

as title...

Amp for Acoustic Guitar

lencent — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:46:08 +0800

I read bout the amplifier for acoustic guitar is different from electric guitar which is using 'lo-fi' amplifier. can anyone tell how to differentiate between the amplifier used by acoustic guitar and electrical guitar? and what is the cheapest quality/price ratio amp i can get from the shop? or anyone thinking to let go theirs?

thanks!!

how to get to senai airport from larkin?

lencent — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:25:27 +0800

as per title...

thanks

Pepper Spray

lencent — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:49:50 +0800

is watson selling pepper spray?

Difference between Vostro 1500 and Inspiron 1520

lencent — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:32:44 +0800

As per title, besides the outlook, the hardware of these two laptops got any differences? i mean the motherboard, the keyboards etc that cannot be customize... thinking to get the vostro1500 as it is priced cheaper compares to the same spec inspiron1520.

thanks!

Any idea how long will it takes...

lencent — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:07:50 +0800

Any idea how long will it takes if i send a letter to Singapore by ordinary post? and if i post it by tomolo, whne only will they process my letter?

thanks~

Help needed in acoustic pickup

lencent — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:26:14 +0800

Bought my first acoustic guitar wit pickup last year around October. It is Ashton brand. I rarely use the pickup as I dont have any amp. so recently i try to jack it in to my pc to try out some recording. I found tat the pickup is not working anymore (it still working when i juz bought it). I tried wit my HiFi and yet the result still the same even i changed the cable. So is it possible to repair the pickup or i have to buy another new pickup? and how much is it?

thanks!

radio going hay wired..

lencent — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:38:50 +0800

my old radio, roughly 4-5 years with cassette player radio got wrong... it is not able to pick up the signals anymore and i only able to select from the preset channel... however, the preset gone wring also... ie, Fly.FM becomes Lite &Easy, Hitz becomes MyFM... any chance i am able to rectify the problem? still a poor student and not able to buy a new set of radio yet

[WTA] Mechatronics

lencent — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:00:55 +0800

Hi all, I am a STPM graduate and now I cracking my head to select courses studying in local universities. So I came across this course Mechatronics. From what I know, this is quite an advance course and more towards robotic which combines mechanical, electronics and programming. However, I found that Singapore universities, NTU and NUS, both also didnt offer this course. I wondering is it because this course still not needed now or maybe other reason? And what is the scope of jobs tat I can work after i graduated? And is our country need such profession?

thanks alot

WLM e-mail add messed up?

lencent — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:50:29 +0800

just look at the pic below. how my friend do tat?

Where can i find this fonts?

lencent — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:38:43 +0800

anyone can tell me where can i find the font 'y' in the pic above? i cant find it in the character mapping though...

thanks in advance...

PC infected by unknown trojan

lencent — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:27:55 +0800

recently my avast picking up a trojan which is located in
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech\Wab64.dll
i tried to delete or quarantine it but avast will still detect it the next time i start my pc.
i tried googling for some info and there are some other ppl having the same trojan/spyware with me and they still dont have any solution for this.
so i now trying my luck here begging sifus here to help me.
here is the HJT log file

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

thanks

sony cyber-shot album-T

lencent — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:49:19 +0800

thinking to get if because of the funky looks so any comment on this camera?

help to read hijackthis log

lencent — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:47:58 +0800

stupid enough to accept a file sent by my friend which is obviously a malware... now my msn will send out the malware on certain time period causing me dare not to open my msn anymore... here is the log, plz help me all sifus

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How to fix hissing sound?

lencent — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:37:50 +0800

Yesterday when i watching some short movie clips my left speaker started to have hissing sound. The speaker is around 3-4 years. I checked every connections but still the hissing exist. So i think it might be the speaker problem. Is it possible to DIY to fix it?

thanks

Broken DVD burner?

lencent — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:40:19 +0800

Well, last night I was playing DVD movie using my 3 years-old NEC 3540A burner. Suddenly, i heard some noises coming from the driver, something like 'crick' 'crick' 'crick'. So i ejected the tray and insert it back. After that, it cant read disc anymore!!! I was like cause I think I haven't use it to burn more than 100+ discs and it fails me.

Today further inspection i found out that when i put in disc, the disc is not rotate at all. So i assumed that might be the rotator not working or maybe ran out of lubricant. I opened the casing and started to ripping them apart. To my surprise, i found tat the ribbon that connect the lens module to the main board was plugged out!! I connected it back and voila!!! My driver resurrected!!!

what surprised me most is that how the ribbon can loosen out from the connector as it is something like clipping on to the ribbon. Just like how you wear your belt, tuck it in and clip it. And I tried tat even if the clip is not clipped onto the ribbon, the ribbon can still sit tightly there. So i wondering is it manufacture defect, or something purposely done to shorten its life span?

Most of the people when having malfunctioning hardware wont bother to check thoroughly and straight throw it away. I almost did that last night, and I even hunting round trading corner to get myself another DVD burner. But luckily i opened it up to inspect it. Now I have a fully working driver and i think it loads faster too comparing to last time i think. ha...

So lesson learnt today, always try to fix before u throw.

Thanks for reading

spyware in laptop

lencent — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:59:21 +0800

my dad laptop is infected wit spyware. the symptoms are
1) when i try to access the msconfig and task manager it will close it immediately
2) my only antivirus avast cannot be loaded
3) when i tried to surf net to dl something like kapersky and hijackthis, it will close tat browser too @@"

so no wi dun even know wat spyware is it as it is impossible to use hijackthis or wat soever anti spyware programs. and i dun have the recovery disc...
anyone can help?? plz...

thanks