This is not a Microsoft bashing blog, so when the folks from Redmond put out something good we are all over it. If you haven’t had a chance to use Microsoft SharedView, you might want to try it out. It is a free application but it is still in beta. Recently I have been working […]

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Configuration
sudo apt-get install obexftp obexpushd gnome-bluetooth bluez-utils
sudo pico /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
change passkey from the default “1234″ to your own passkey
sudo pico /etc/rc.local
Add the following on the line before “exit 0″
hciconfig hci0 inqmode 0
Restart the system
Sending Files from an Ubuntu PC to Another Device
The easiest way to send files from your PC to a Bluetooth device is to […]

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If you are setting up an ASUS AN8-SLI for the first time and you can’t get the video card to work (the systems starts, but you get a black screen), remove the SLI mode selector card. Once I removed it, the system booted right up.

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I decided to cash in some Fry’s gift certificates and replace my main Windows machine. Here what I started with:
Old computer:
Shuttle SN41G2
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
512MB Corsair PC3200
AIT Radeon 9800 Pro
Seagate 120GB
New computer:
Crapy case from 1998
AMD 64 3000+
1GB PNY PC3200
AIT Radeon 9800 Pro (from old computer)
Seagate 160GB SATA
The construction of the new box was quite uneventful. […]

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If you recently installed ATI’s Catalyst driver and are now presented with the following error message:
CLI.exe - Application Error
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application.
How do you get rid of it? Well, the answer is simple…install the .NET framework from Microsoft. It would have been nice if ATI […]

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