HOW TO MANAGE YOUR DATA ON APPLE IPHONE WHEN TRAVELLING ABROAD

This instruction is for ios7 of Apple iphone:

The best thing to do is to turn the Cellular data OFF when you are not using internet and turn the Celular dat ON only when you need to use internet.However you will be able to use phone and sms when cellular data is turned off.

1.Turn Data Roaming to OFF

Go to Settings - Cellular

Turn Data Roaming to OFF

When you switch you phone ON overseas, you will be prompted to switch Data Roaming ON. Please do not turn it ON leave it OFF.

If you choose to turn on data roaming, your phone will continue to check for emails and receive software updates and automatic notifications - all of which will incur a data charge.

2. Turn Location Services OFF

Go to Settings - Privacy - Location Services - Swipe to Turn OFF

 

3. Turning your email notification OFF while overseas

Go to Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Scroll down and tap on 'Fetch New Data'. Swipe to turn push Off.

 

4. Turning OFF notifications from other apps (eg. facebook)

Turning off notifications from each app is recomended as it will continue to receive software updates and automatic notifications. The setting for each app is different. Here we are taking an example of facebook app.

Tap on facebook app - Tap on More - Tap on Account Settings - Tap on Notifications - Turn notifications OFF 

Repeat this on each app.

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Fat32Formatter version 1.1

If you are getting runtime error, try debug version

download debug version

For details and source: http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/index.html

Note: I am only sharing it.

Create a Bootable External HDD to Install Windows 8

Step I: Format The USB Drive
Insert the flash drive into a free USB port on the computer. Open the command prompt by running the command cmd. To do this, press <WINKEY> + <R>, then type cmd in the Run dialogue box that opens and press <ENTER>. In the console window that appears, type the following commands in this exact order:

diskpart
list disk
select disk x (here "x" is the number corresponding to the USB disk, which you need to replace with what is shown in your system)clean
create partition primary
active
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit

Be very careful when using the "select" command — you don't want to end up formatting your hard disk instead!

This is what the screen should look like if all goes well.

Step II: Mount The Windows 8 ISO Image Into A Virtual Drive
Burning the ISO image onto a blank DVD is not an option if you don't have an optical drive. You can instead mount the file as a virtual drive. Windows 8 comes with an inbuilt utility; all you need to do is to double-click on the image file and it will get mounted as a virtual drive. However, if you have an older version of Windows, you can use a freeware virtual drive application such as MagicDisc to mount the image.


Step III: Make The USB Drive Bootable
Assuming that F: is your virtual drive letter where the Windows 8 ISO image is inserted and G: is the location of your USB drive, open the command prompt as mentioned earlier and type the following commands:

F:
cd boot
bootsect.exe /nt60 g:

Again, double-check the target location for the boot record to ensure you don't accidentally overwrite your HDD's bootsector.

Step IV: Copy The Installer Files
Don't close the command prompt yet. The USB drive has now been made bootable, but there's one more command you need to execute in order to transfer the Windows 8 installation from the virtual drive to the USB stick. In the same command prompt window, type the following command:

xcopy f:\*.* g: /e /f /h

You can alternatively copy all the files in the virtual drive to the USB drive by using Windows Explorer, but using XCOPY ensures that system and hidden files are also copied.


Step V: Boot Off The USB Drive
To install Windows 8 on your netbook or computer, you must set it to boot through the USB flash drive. To achieve this, shut down your computer, then go into the BIOS (CMOS setup) by pressing <DEL> or <F2> as soon as you power it on, without unplugging the USB stick. Set the USB drive as the primary boot device, save the settings, and restart. Alternatively, since most modern computers (ie, post 2005) allow you to select the boot device via a hotkey after it is powered on (either through <ESC>, <F9>, or <F11>), you can choose to boot through the USB flash drive this way.
 

Install Windows as usual. If you've changed the boot sequence through the BIOS, remember to reset it to the internal hard drive when the system restarts after copying the installer files. Let us know in the comments section if you face any issues.

Source: techtree.com

What' s new in Exchange Server 2013?

Intro:

- Exchange Server 2013 is the eightth major release of the product.

- It is about 70% to 80% the same as exchange server 2007 and 2010; however the remaining is drastically different and requires some relearning of the changes.

What is same between Exchange Server 2003/2007 and 2013?
- The core infrastructure of 2013 is same as 2007 and 2010.

- Microsoft continues to use Jet EDB database as the main database store.

- Exchange server 2013 still has the concept of a Mailbox server where EDBs are stored and user mailbox data resides.

- Exchange server can have multiple Exchange databases running on the same system and multiple Exchange servers can reside in an Environment for both scalability as well as redundancy.

- Users can use the Microsoft Outlook client and can access Exchange using OWA.

- Still user VSS backup application programming interface (API)

- Nothing new or different from end user point

- does not require upgrade to outlook 2013 client

What is missing in Exchange Server 2013 that was in previous versions?

- EMC is totally GONE.

- No more GUI based administration

- Instead Exchange Control Panel (ECP) from Exchange server 2010 has been expanded into new Exchange Administration Center (EAC).

- The EAC allows the administrator a web-based access to everything the administrator used EMC before.

- Concept of Storage group has been removed

- The concept of administrative groups and routing groups has been completely removed. The administration is now completely consolidated into an enterprise view of users and mailboxes.

- Routing group has been removed. It now uses sites from AD Sites an Services to determine organizational sites and the routing message communicates to those.

- When installing Exchange Server 2013, public folders are not created at all. You need to manually add public folders to a Mailbox server and extend public folder from server system.

Version compatibility:
Exchange server 2013 only works with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows server 2012.

How to Disable Display Last User Name who Logged In On Windows Logon Screen

Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server, is designed in a way that the last user who logged into the system is remembered, and is displayed automatically on next log in, so that user has to just enter the password to log on.

Windows provides a registry or group policy trick that instruct Windows not to remember and display the last user name who logged in. Follow the steps below to tweak the registry setting or group policy:

1. Run Registry Editor (RegEdit).
2. Navigate to the following registry key:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3. In the right pane, double click on DontDisplayLastName registry key value, and set its value data to1.

Alternatively, the registry key above can be changed and modified via Local Security Policy Editor, as shown in guide below.

1. Click on Start button, and type secpol.msc into Start Search box, and hit Enter to open the Local Security Policy Editor.
2. Navigate to Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options.
3. In the right pane, double click on Interactive Logon: Do not display last user name.
4. Select and set the radio button of Enabled.

IE10 does not show history

Fix Internet Explorer History blank Issue

Internet Explorer 10 

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After Upgrading to IE 10 I found that my history and feed tabs does not show anything. I dont know whether it is a bug or an issue on upgrade. However it can be fixed with following. If you are using a roaming profile, then 

Open 'Comand Prompt'

Go to the location where your history folder is or you can find it going to 

Internet Options - General - Settings - Temporary Internet Files

You will see in Current Location: c:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\

Type the following in command prompt

C:\Users\xxxxxxxx(your user name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows>attrib +S history

Close all the IE browser and re-open. Check now.

This will fix the issue.

How to get a free dynamic dns account

A guide to free static IP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqIdNEYIn7w