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Since four months ago I have been working with my new Aluminum MacBook and I have to say that i am very pleased with it. I installed VMware Fusion so I could work with Visual Studio 2008 and C# and so far I have no issues or complains at all.

I have a virtual machine with Windows Vista Ultimate, Visual Studio 2008 and MS SQLExpress 2005. And in this one is where more issues I had. If you are working with MS SQLExpress remember these three things:

1. Download SQL Server Management Studio Express from Microsoft, so you can do many changes to your server connection.

2. Remember to always every time you create a database to insert user and password

3. And as in my case I have an application that is going to reside in just one computer and not need for something else so the connection string is as simple as this:

   string conexionString =

“Data Source=.\\SQLEXPRESS;User = user; Password = passw;Initial Catalog=databasename;Integrated Security=True;”;

And if you still have a issue I recommend you Expert Exchange site, where you will find a lot of experts in many computer and technology related stuff.

iDrive Online Backup Classic offers an intuitive interface, similar to Microsoft Windows Explorer, which makes it easy to select files/folders for remote backup and restore activities.

When you install IDrive for the first time, a default selection of most commonly backed up data including Documents, Pictures and Videos is created with a random after hours schedule. You can customize the selection and schedule.

IDrive does true archiving. No data is deleted from your account until you manually delete or run sync to match your desktop data to your account. You control your backup data.

IDrive does fast search and restore of your data from your desktop client or the web client.

IDrive Explorer offers a ‘virtual drive’ view of your account to access and restore backed up data. You can drag-n-drop files for restore from your online drive to the local system.

IDrive automatically recognizes the modified parts of file(s)/folder(s) and backs them up every 10 minutes, thus offering hands-free backup of data.

IDrive retains and allows you to restore the last 30 versions of all files backed up to your IDrive account. Better yet, your storage is computed only for the most current version; historical versions are stored free.

Login via any web browser to your account to access backed up data, view log reports and restore data on the local system.

Manage your Backup set, Schedule Backup and View Backup Logs from any web browser.

If you have that annoying window telling you to validate your window OS, here you have a simple way to disappear that window.

1. Go to c:/Windows/System32 folder.
2. Find these two files: WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe
3. Rename both to: WgaLogon.dll.bak   and   WgaTray.exe.bak
4. A windows alert you about it just say continue.
5. Reset you computer.
6. Then go to Windows Update Configuration and tell it to “Notify me but don’t automatically download and install them”.
7. Next time windows try to install it just say no or check it and hide if you are in Windows Vista.

YamiPod is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod under Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation. Take a look at the feature list to find out what it can do and feel free to suggest anything that might be missing.

# Here’s a brief description of the features in YamiPod: stand alone program, no installation required||
# iPod is automatically recognized
# mp3 and AAC files can be copied to/from iPod
# read/write access to mp3 id3 and AAC infos
# playlist support (On-The-Go included)
# playlists import (PLS,M3U)
# playlists export (PLS,M3U)
# full unicode support
# auto-download new versions
# advanced song import/export settings
# 2 restore features
# built in music player
# iPod informations
# 2 search features
# remove duplicated tracks
# find lost music files
# easy ratings edit
# PC to iPod synchronization
# create and edit notes (with unicode support)
# automatically update song playcounts
# News RSS and podcasts to iPod upload
# Growl support (Apple only)
# export song lists to HTML or plain text files
# multiple iPods support
# Last.fm support

# All iPod generations (except iPhone and iPod touch) were reported to be working under:   
# Mac OS 10.3 or newer
# Windows 98SE or newer
# Any linux distribution with GTK 2.0

YamiPod for Windows

YamiPod for Linux (GTK 2.0)

YamiPod for MacOS X (universal binary)

Here’s the procedure required to remove this garbage from Firefox:

   1. Open Registry Editor (type regedit in the Start menu Search box in Vista/Windows 7, or in XP’s Run window).

   2. Expand the branches to the following key:

   * On 32-bit systems: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Extensions

   * On x64 systems: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Wow6432Node \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Extensions

   3. Delete the value named {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b} from the right pane.

   4. Close the Registry Editor when you’re done.

   5. Open a new Firefox window, and in the address bar, type about:config and press Enter.

   6. Type microsoftdotnet in the Filter field to quickly find the general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet setting.

   7. Right-click general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet and select Reset.

   8. Restart Firefox.

   9. Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Windows Presentation Foundation.

  10. Delete the DotNetAssistantExtension folder entirely.

  11. Open the Add-ons window in Firefox to confirm that the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant extension has been removed.