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Web Site Redesign

As you may have noticed I am having a clean up and now with new static front page ……

GiffGaff Information

Voice Mail To ENABLE voicemail, dial 1616 To DISABLE voicemail, dial 1626  

ZT A004 Modes

You sequence through the modes – no shortcut to get to the mode you want. First you need to know that the label is up to get the proper frame orientation. 1. Press the button until the light turns on – release it right away – the light goes out – you are now in [...]

XBMC – Mysql setup

Just a quick post on setting up xbmc to use mysql to start you will need to have mysql server installed and running this can be under windows or linux / mac / ect I have a synology raid box that has mysql installed so thought it would make sense to use that. time to [...]

Setting up Google Sync with your iOS device

Handy information on how to set up your gmail account on your ISO device using the MS Exchange settings CLICK HERE FOR TIP

Set Google Chrome as your default PDF reader on Windows

As google chrome has a pdf viewer built in I thought it would be a good idea for the odd pdf that I read to be able to click on it and it open google chrome and display it. You will need to locate you Google Chrome executable. The quickest way is to right-click your [...]

ATV2 UK Time Zone

So you have an atv 2 and the time is wrong in xbmc ssh into your box and issue the following commands cd /private/var/db/timezone rm localtime ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London localtime killall AppleTV

Create a symbolic link in windows

Type mklink on a command line mklink /? Creates a symbolic link. MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target /D Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file symbolic link. /H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link. /J Creates a Directory Junction. Link specifies the new symbolic link name. Target [...]

IPAD ios 4.2.1 update

Problem: Since updating to IOS 4.2.1 I’ve noticed a change in behavior in the mail delete icon. It now switches states between and Archive and Delete button depending on the email or the account. Solution: Open Settings select the mail, Contact, Calendars Select the account that is give you the problem as in archive messages [...]

Vigin Mobile Pay as You go IPHONE Settins

MMS Settings APN: goto.virginmobile.uk Username: user Password: (blank) MMSC: http://mms.virginmobile.co.uk:8002 MMS Proxy: 193.30.166.2 MMS max message size (blank) MMS UA Prof URL: (blank)