The new iOS 4.0 Walkthrough

The creator of this video go over the features of the new 4.0 software for the iPhone such as Multi Tasking, Wallpapers, and unified mailboxes.

iOS 4.0 Walkthrough

Disable autorun in Windows

"Autorun.inf" virus are commonly infected in flash drives nowadays. Especially when you plug your flash drives into public computers such as school computers or work computers, your flash drives are probably been infected by the virus.

After you back to your personal computer and plug the infected flash drive, your computer may also be infected (unless your antivirus program is able to detect and prevent it). This is due to the autorun function for flash drives plugged into computer USB port. The "Autorun.inf" file is actually a system file which uses to indicate which file or program to be run once an flash drive is plugged in. But this file now are commonly used by virus spreaders to spread virus. So, I would highly recommend any of you to turn the windows default autorun function off to avoid the infection (in case your antivirus is not able to detect).

For Windows 7:

1. Start -> Control Panel
2. Click on Hardware and Sound
3. Click on AutoPlay
4. Uncheck the option Use AutoPlay for all media and device
5. Click Save and exit. You're done.

For Windows Vista:

1. Click Start -> type in gpedit.msc in the search box, then hit Enter
   

   If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Allow

2. Under Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, and then click Autoplay Policies.
3. In the Details pane, double-click Turn off Autoplay.
4. Click Enabled, and then select All drives in the Turn off Autoplay box to disable Autorun on all drives.
   
5. Restart the computer.

For Windows XP Professional:

1. Click Start, click Run, type "gpedit.msc" in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Under Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, and then click System.
3. In the Settings pane, right-click Turn off Autoplay, and then click Properties.
4. Click Enabled, and then select All drives in the Turn off Autoplay box to disable Autorun on all drives.
5. Click OK to close the Turn off Autoplay Properties dialog box and restart the computer.

For Windows XP Home Edition or other operating systems that do not include gpedit.msc:
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

1. Click Start, click Run, type in "regedit" in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following entry in the registry:
   

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutorun

3. Right-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun, and then click Modify.
4. In the Value data box, type 0xFF to disable all types of drives.
5. Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.
6. Restart the computer.

Square for iPhone

This video is quite old and I viewed it some time ago. But until now I still think this small little gadget for iPhone is way soooo COOL~~! Have a look of it yourself :)

Square for iPhone Demo by Kevin Rose

Change Warcraft III resolution to ANY resolution

I believe most of you know what Warcraft III is. The Warcraft game comes with a variety of screen resolutions, but too bad Warcraft did not support for widescreen resolution.


As time goes, widescreen monitors had became more and more common. The 4:3 ratio resolutions are looking terrible in the stretched "widescreen".

Here, I'm going to show you a method to change Warcraft III resolution to custom resolution which cannot be found in the game options.

Below are the steps:

1. Identify your screen resolution (Either is 1280x800 or 1440x900 or any other resolutions).
   
2. Start -> type "regedit" in the search box and hit Enter (Windows XP: Click on Run, then type in "regedit" and hit OK). Locate the following registry key:
   

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video

3. In the right-handed pane, locate the key "reshight" and "reswidth".
4. Double click on this two keys and type in the appropriate value (according to your screen resolution) for each key (resheight: Height; reswidth: Width) as follows:
   
   
   Note: Remember to change the "Base" to "Decimal" instead of "Hexadecimal".
5. Click OK after the changes.
6. Exit the Registry Editor and restart Warcraft III.

Now you will see your Warcraft game in the resolution you wanted. The Warcraft game Option -> Video page now shows like this:


No worry, just leave it and enjoy your game in widescreen :)

One thing to note, after this change, you should not change any settings in the Warcraft game option page. If you do so, the resolution of the game will revert back to default at the next start and you are required to perform the above method once again (because the game will rewrite the registry). Hence, I'll recommend you to change all the other settings to your preferred values then only perform the above method. This will ensure you get all the options you want for your Warcraft III.

However, if you're not familiar with Registry Editor, I advise you not to use this method. Messing up registry key would really troubles you. There's a lot of programs out there allowing you to do the same thing with single click or what, just Google it. This method is mainly for those who does not want to use 3rd party software or who loves manual works. :)

Manually Identify Unknown Devices

Note. This post is written based on a post I saw in My Digital Life. I find this very helpful so I make a post here as a backup.

After I switch to Windows 7 from beta version, there seems to have some problem with my laptop's device driver. Certain device driver cannot be automatically installed like other of the devices. And there is no indication of what devices they actually are. So I am unable to manually search for the drivers for those "Unknown devices".

Later, I found a way to manually identify unknown devices. The method is as follows:

1. Start -> Type "msinfo32" in the search box and hit Enter (Windows XP: Click Run, type "msinfo32", and then OK).
2. Expand Components, and then go to Problem Devices branch.
3. A list of devices that having problem to be installed are displayed in the details pane.
4. The unique hardware identifier can be shown in PNP Device ID or in Error Code, and should look similar to the alphanumeric string below:

   PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0832&SUBSYS_30CC103C&REV_05

5. From the device identification marker for the device above, VEN prefix is the Vendor ID, and DEV prefix is the Device ID, which means Device ID is 1180 and Device ID is 0832, as an example.
6. Visit the PCI Database website at PCI Database, an user-supported centralized database of PCI device IDs.
7. Search vendor name, chip number and chip description with either Vendor ID or Device ID.
   
8. With the vendor name or manufacturer name found, visit the support website to search and download latest version of device driver for the corresponding device driver. Or else just search in Google.
   

For unknown devices which does not listed in the Problem Devices of System Information tool, Device Manager can be used to idenfity the vendor ID and device ID.

Open Device Manager by:

1. Start -> type in "Device Manager" and hit Enter (Windows XP: Click "Run then type "devmgmt.msc and click OK
2. Locate the unknown device to identify its identity (typically grouped under Other devices category).
3. Right click on the unknown device and select Properties.
4. Go to Details tab.
5. Select Device Instance Id or Hardware Ids (for Windows 7) from the “Property” drop down menu.
6. Alphanumeric strings similar to below will be shown:

   PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0427&SUBSYS_30CC103C&REV_A1

   The string is the unique identifier for the hardware device. From the device identification marker for the device above, VEN prefix is the Vendor ID, and DEV prefix is the Device ID, which means Device ID is 10DE and Device ID is 0427, as an example.
7. Visit the PCI Database website at PCI Database, an user-supported centralized database of PCI device IDs.
8. The remaining steps are similar to previous method.