Tuesday, September 17, 2013

In asp.net web forms button click event not raised on first click

This happens if you have a textbox with autopostback set to true. I overcame it by moving the code to the page_load event when postback is true. Instead of using a click event.



protected void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            if (IsPostBack)
            {
                 // put code here
            }
        }
instead of :

    public void ButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
          //...
        }

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Blackberry application list showing only third party applications

Make sure you delete vendor.xml from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader

How to install que utq200 or bda 9015 9.6.3.1

The driver that came with the device is useless. their web site sucks.
I found a way to do that on my own.

1. go to this link
http://www.ite.com.tw/TW/products_more.aspx?CategoryID=6&ID=15,62
2. download and extract the driver.
3. install it manually and direct to the right folder.
4. don't run the setup , it's useless.

Well I found out the disk does work on another computer, make sure you first insert the device , and then install drivers from the disk.
usually, it's the opposite.
if still doesn't work, use the first solution.

dv6625ej xp drivers

f iIyou were stupid enough to buy HP , and wants to install xp instead of vista, you will have to download:

965 chipset from intel.

graphic from here :

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18774&ProdId=2800&lang=eng

go to this link to get more drivers:


http://www.lancelhoff.com/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-hp-dv6500-series-laptop/


if you have questions ask here,

Error 1075 when trying to start firewall or "interface: class not registered" error in dependencies

this will fix everything:

both security center and the firewall.
http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-wmi-config.html

Macbook apple boot from an external cd drive

I can confirm that it is possible to boot from a generic external cd drive , by holding the option/alt key until the boot menu appears.

Also if you get a question mark flashing on boot, it's because your Hard disk has a problem.

CMOS checksum error on msi 7173

If you got this error after updating the bios to version 3.5 ,

downgrade back to version 3.0.

version 3.5 is crap.

to downgrade enter c:\program files\setup files\

there enter the bios folder.

copy the rom file of 3.0 to the folder and move the 3.5 rom file out of the folder.
launch the bios update utility from that folder.

enter a floppy, follow the instructions.

No audio device windows xp or code31 on plug and play enumeration or plug and play enumeration is missing

This is a rare problem but still happens to many people.

If you don't have plug and play enumeration in your device manager , under system devices, you have to update the isapnp  to the plug and play enumeration driver.

If you get a code31 on the plug and play enumeration driver, follow this instructions to fix it.

IMPORTANT  , you have to make sure you deleted all swenum keys from the registry.

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1066427444

explanation to step 1:

streamci.dll located at c:\windows\system32
swenum.sys located at c:\windows\system32\drivers
machine.inf  located at c:\windows\inf

[quote]
re: sound device error
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 5:44 am
Posted by King (3 messages posted)

Hi to all!

This message goes out to all of you who hadn't the luck to get their sound back to
life with the given solutions in this thread:
I followed all steps, but still my "PnP software enumerator" (or in german "PnP Softwaregeräte
Enumerator") told me that he couldn't load the needed drivers. Consequently I had
still no sound. I also made a windows repair install, but the problem was still there.
After hundreds of trial & errors I finally came to a solution for WIN XP!:

1.) Deinstall your sound drivers. Save streamci.dll and swenum.sys and machine.inf
to a temp folder as mentioned above.

2.) Deinstall your failing "PnP software enumerator". 

3.) Go into the registry via regedit or the editor of your choice. In there close
all keys so you just see "my work", "workplace" or whatever the englisch name for
the german "Arbeitsplatz" is (it has a little computer symbol next to its name, I
guess you know what I mean.)

4.) Then search for "swenum". Delete every key that you find. Before you do so I
highly recommend to create a system restore point or a backup of your registry, just
in case something goes wrong. You have to delete the whole key, not just the line
with "swenum" in it. For example: You'll find the word "swenum" in a key where you
can also find "pnp software enumerator" and some other entries. Again :You have to
delete the whole key. On the left side you see an open folder in which you are in
right now, deleteing this folder means to delete the whole key. Do so, it the quickest
and easiest way. If there comes a warning that you don't have the permission to do
so, right click the folder and give yourself the permissions to delete the folder
;-)
Do this for all keys where you find the "swenum" in it. You should find about 5-10
keys.

5.) After you finished close the editor and reopen it again. Research the registry
to make sure their is no more swenum entry.

6.) Restart, then check your registry again. Just for the case Win XP has reinstalled
something. If you find another "swenum" entry delete it. Do also search for "PnP
software enumerator". If you have done right before you shouldn't find anything.
If you do anyway, delete the whole key again.

7.) Go to "windows/system32/drivers" and delete swenum.sys.
Also go to "windows/system32" and delete the file streamci.dll (don't do that if
you have forgotton to follow step1 of my description!)

8.) Now reinstall your "PnP software enumerator" following the steps mentioned in
the posts above. (In the hardware manager click "have disk" and choose your temp
folder and the inf file in there, choose "PnP software enumerator" under standard
devices or something like that).

9.) If you have done right you should have the "PnP software enumerator" back without
showing any errors. If you have done right Win XP shouldn't ask you to restart. Now
install your sound drivers, restart and be happy again.

I hope this solution did the trick for those who didn't find the posts above solving
their problems. Maybe some steps can be left out, but I recommend to follow all of
them, because I'm not sure where the errors is hiding exactly.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]
[/quote]

Hebrew support for 7130g or other 4.2.1 Blackberry devices

Hi. I've been able to install Hebrew on the 7130g device.

to do that I installed the following files to the device:


and changed the font on the device to Semitic.

Uncaught exception:java.lang.NullPointerException on blackberry

If this happens when device starts or when you open the call log folder and you no longer get new calls to your call log.
connect the device to the desktop and then clear the call log from the desktop manager.

0x00000024 ntfs.sys blue screen

It's hard to find out how to fix it because recovery console will also give you a blue screen.

to fix it you have to rename ntfs.sys from windows\system32\drivers . you can use ntfs for dos to access your hard disk or erd or connect the hard disk to another computer.
then you can run the recovery console and copy the ntfs.sys file from the windows cd back to the folder.

Windows live messenger doesn't remember sign in username and password

As my tradition to criticize bad software work, now it's yahoo messenger time.

not enough that they can't do an easy task to prevent entrance of bots to their chat, their chat is full with bots and very few real people.
now installing yahoo messenger or from what i read it's actually their toolbar, screws the windows live messenger. after i installed yahoo messenger, windows live didn't remember my login detail upon restarting.
even after i uninstalled yahoo. i found in another forum a solution written by:
Adam Johnson, on Aug 14, 2009 11:14:42 pm BST
[quote]
After hours of messing around with RegEdit + Yahoo Messenger + Microsoft's Virtual PC I've found the problem and a solution to why apps like Msn Messenger suddenly can't remember their passwords anymore.

When Yahoo toolbar gets installed it sets the following registry value:

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Soft­ware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
AppData = %AppData%

The problem here is AppData should actually be the following

AppData = %USERPROFILE%\Application Data

So when MSN or other apps that use that registry key go to save their data it gets lost.

So the solution is simple, run regedit and go to

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-926492609-725345543-1003\Soft­ware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

and set the value AppData to a data value of %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
[/quote]

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-134602-messenger-does-not-remember-my-username

Error code 0x80007007e when you try to start a Windows XP

Don't waste your time on repairing this rare error. ( the first i saw in 8 years).  i couldn't fix it.
format and reinstall windows.

Another bug with hp printer, why am i not surprised

If you have creative software installed for your mp3 player like muvo. hp scan will not scan and hang.

You have to kill the creative processes to be able to scan.

POP3 gmail incorrect password

I found in another site a solution to that, to me it happened after resetting the gmail password.

the solution is to unlock the gmail account, here is the link:

https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha

HP Director doesn't open

When I tried to open HP director i saw that it didn't open , I spent a lot of time reinstalling their bad software to find out that it happens if you have explorer 7.

They have a solution to that in their site:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software8/COL17377/oj-46104-1/CIT207355-HPCOM-PATCH-v8.exe

That's a very bad design to make a printing and scanning software dependant on the internet explorer.

I can only recommend not to buy HP in the future.

Their software are full with bugs and installation problems and the drivers too complicated and have problems.

Other factories are also bad though, but HP is the worse.


Cursor jumps off in vmware

I'm pasting here a problem and a solution i found and posted on other forum for the benefit of other users.

I don't know if others experience the same, but it happens too often that when i click the left or right button of the mouse in VMware, the cursor jumps to the edge.
It's annoying and makes it hard to work with the mouse, anyone experience the same or has any solution? I tried 3 different mouses both usb and ps/2.

I'm running it on AMD athlon XP 2400+ with windows xp.


Thanks, I seemed to fix it by installing VMware player version 3.0 which i downloaded from VMware.
It just came out at the end of October.
I can now see that what happened is that the player didn't get full focus and the cursor got confused between the windows and the player, so i could also get the cursor out of the player window.
Now, the cursor only jumps once on the first click , and then can't get out of the player until i press ctrl+alt as it supposed to be, and the cursor doesn't jump anymore.

Outlook doesn't display all address books when you click TO...

To fix it, click contacts.
You will see the contact folders above. right click on the folder you want to display,  click Outlook address book. check the box near "show this folder as an email address book".
Click ok.

"your text message cannot be sent" error when trying to send an sms from a windows mobile

This is caused by wrong phone setting, fix it by:

Go to start, personal,  phone, services, tap voice mail and texe messages, tap get settings..., enter a correct number in the box of service center of text messages.

If you don't know the number, try to search for it in the internet or call your cellular provider.

HP printer installation stuck in "waiting for device setup to finish"

If that happens:

1. disconnect the printer.
2. download  NTPRINT.inf from
http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-files_new.php/inffiles/N/NTPRINT.INF/-/download.html
 and save it to c:\windows\inf folder.
3. connect the printer back.
4. setup will find the printer and continue installation.

Missing network connection icon in xp with nforce chipset

Hi, i found out there is a bug in the nvidia drivers.

it has to do with wrong registry values that need to be deleted.

i found the solution in the following link:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=44038&view=findpost&p=260649

Connecting a 2.5" Sata HD to another computer.

You can connect a laptop sata hard disk to any desktop with sata port with no additional adapters.

Restarts when xp starts or ndis.sys 0x0000007e error when trying windows repair

Try to disable the network adapter in the bios, or clear cmos battery.

Can't install microsoft lifecam "downloading and installing files" loop

If you try to install lifecam and the setup gets into loop and saying "downloading files" but it never passes this stage, you will have to download the drivers from somewhere else.
from 2 times i tried to install the vx-1000 camera for different clients, 2 times i couldn't do it , same problem on both times.
i found a driver that don't require such setup in driverguide.com .
try to register this site and search for the drivers.

that's the link of the faulty driver from microsoft. i tried it in 3 computers and the same error happend, so i can conclude that it doesn't work, period.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/DownloadResult.aspx?category=ICE&type=Webcams&name=VX1000&os=XP_SP2&lang=en
and one question for Microsoft, why would i want to download something during installation, after i already downloaded the setup file, couldn't you include it in the file??? what if i don't have an internet connection???
give a skip option, give the drivers separately, but don't force the user to download files during installation, i have never saw such a driver installation.
you don't even put a cancel button during the setup. bad  design!.

well well, i tried to extract the .exe in my computer with winrar, and guess what, you can access the files,  so just like in the packagefromtheweb joke (look previous post)  you can do the same here.

but i can't find any drivers in that file.

news:

it actually finishes the installation, but it took me about an hour, just leave the computer for a night or something, before you conclude that it doesn't work. still i'm not taking my words back, bad design, as no indication about the progress shown properly, and there is no reason the user should download more files during the setup, and it shouldn't take that long.

worst installation file ever.

This Program is used internally by PackageFromTheWeb

If you download a driver or something else and try to unpack it and get this stupid error, instead of double clicking the .exe file you can open the file with winrar and extract its contents, and then run the setup file.
it works perfectly.

however i could appreciate it if packagefromtheweb (is it even a company or a some kind of program?) could come out with a friendlier error.

Can't ping yourself

If you have internet connection but computers can't connect you in your home network, this probably happens because of corrupted network settings caused by a program installed in the past, or still installed, like firewall of some kind.
you can  try to see if you can ping yourself , if you can't, try it in safe mode with networking. if it works there, i found no solution to fix it, you can try windows repair, and if that doesn't help, do a clean install.

AVG 8 Invalid CTF File

If you can't update AVG 8 and got this message, and use windows xp, download a script from here:

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/error-invalid-update-control-ctf-file-when-updating-avg-anti-virus-80/

it will delete the ctf files , in the avg download folder.

or simply run these two commands in the command prompt:

cd C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\avg8\update\download\
del *.ctf

usb 2 port causes restarts or blue screens either in windows or before windows loads, usb 1 works fine

This can be caused by both non updated bios in combination with reinstalling the usb 2 driver in windows, so my suggestion will be to update the bios first, and then reinstall the windows driver of the usb 2.

'Unable to perform the operation' Error Occurs when Accessing Printer Services

If you unluckily have an hp printer and get this error. you have to close your Firefox before accessing printer services. It happened to me with d1360.
Why does it happen, only HP knows.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00789865&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=&product=1153494&rule=6284

what's the connection? very strange error.

Installing windows drivers for mac computer without the original disk

If you don't have the original disk which came with the mac and you need to install the drivers ans software for windows, don't try to look for it in websites.
you wouldn't be able to find them.

No sound on hdmi output on vista

If you have no sound on your hdmi , go to  control panel, sound, set the digital output as default, right click it, choose configure, and check only Microsoft wma.
open your video and music, and enjoy.

"no access, incorrect function" when clicking a burner drive in "my computer"

to fix it, right click on the drive, click properties, click recording, and check " enable CD recording on this drive"

Error number 2869 when trying to install an application in vista

If you created an application in VS2005 and got this error.
you may find this solution helpful:

http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/10/23/mailbag-how-to-set-the-noimpersonate-flag-for-a-custom-action-in-visual-studio-2005.aspx

However, if you still get the error. try to install the application using Setup.exe and not the msi file.

IF you  happen to get a build error Error 1 'PostBuildEvent' failed with error code '1' 'Unspecified error'

make sure you located the JS file in the installer project folder and not in the solution project folder.

change favorites location to another drive in Vista

Don't try to do that, you wouldn't be able to add any new favorites, it's a bug in Vista.

XEROX Phaser 3121 and Vista

Not to mention, it's very hard to find the drivers on Xerox site, because Xerox doesn't use a global site and this printer is not on the Us site.
Clue: you can find it on the South African site or the Egyptian site, or by some search in Google.

The installation of this drivers which are the same as the xp drivers, is not obvious.

Don't try to update the driver in the device manager.

What you  have to do is to add a printer manually, choose the port ( usb or LPT). and then browse to the location of the downloaded drivers.

That will be it.

Importing Outlook PST file.

I don't suggest you to import your outlook pst file from your older system to the new one by copying the pst file to the outlook folder.
It will make you duplicates of the mail folders, difficult to remove.
Instead choose import from the file menu and locate the pst file and import it's contents.

Swapping C: Hard Disk from Pentium 4 System to DUAL CORE System

If you want to swap the C: drive from your old Pentium 4 system to your newer Dual core system, don't.
It will not work correctly and you will ruin your windows installation so you won't be able to run it back on the older system, even Repair won't help.

CD Drive is not recognized by Windows XP

If you Have a CD Drive recognized by the BIOS but not in Windows XP, I found out this is caused by INTEL APPLICATION ACCELERATOR.
The solution is simply to uninstall this program.

You won't find this solution anywhere else.