Posted on May 05, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
How to stop your BlackBerry Curve 8300, 8310, 8320 or 8330 from automatically answering calls when you remove your device from the holster.
1. Press Menu .
2. Click Options.
3. Click General Options.
4. Set the Auto Answer Calls field to Never.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Save.
Now your BlackBerry device should only answer calls when you want it to.
Posted on May 05, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
How to stop your BlackBerry Curve 8300, 8310, 8320 or 8330 from ending calls when you insert it into the holster.
1. Press Menu.
2. Click Options.
3. Click General Options.
4. Set the Auto End Calls field to Never.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Save.
Now your BlackBerry shouldn’t end calls when you use the holster.
Posted on May 04, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
How to delete all of the data off your BlackBerry 8703e device.
1. Under Options, select Security Options.
2. Click General Settings.
3. Click the trackwheel and select Wipe Handheld.
4. Click Continue.
5. Type blackberry.
Your BlackBerry 8703e data will then be erased from the device.
Posted on May 04, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
How to remove an application from the Palm Treo 755p.
1. Open Applications.
2. Open the menus option
.
3. Select Delete on the App menu.
4. Select the Delete From dropdown list and select the location of the application you want to remove: Phone or Card.
5. Select the application that you want to remove.
6. Select Delete.
Now the program should be uninstalled.
Posted on May 04, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
How to remove an application from the Palm Treo 700p.
1. Open Applications.
2. Open the menus option
.
3. Select Delete on the App menu.
4. Select the Delete From dropdown list and select the location of the application you want to remove: Phone or Card.
5. Select the application that you want to remove.
6. Select Delete.
Now the program should be uninstalled.
Posted on May 04, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
How to delete a contact from the Palm Treo 700p.
1. Open the contact you wish to delete.
2. Open the menus option
.
3. Select Delete Contact from the Record menu.
4. Select OK.
Posted on May 03, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
How to delete a third party application from your BlackBerry Curve 8300, 8310, 8320 or 8330.
1. Under Settings > Options, select Advanced Options.
2. Select Applications.
3. Highlight the application you wish to delete.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Select Delete.
Posted on May 03, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
How to disable the backlight timeout on your BlackBerry Curve 8300, 8310, 8320 or 8330.
1. Under Settings > Options, select Screen/Keyboard.
2. Set Automatic Backlight to Off.
3. Press the Menu key.
4. Select Save.
Posted on May 03, 2008 under Internet Explorer Tips |
How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.
1. Click the Start Button > Control Panel.
2. Click Programs.
3. Click View installed updates.
4. Click Windows Internet Explorer 8.
5. Click the Uninstall button.
Posted on May 01, 2008 under SmartPhone Tips |
When trying to restore the iPhone in iTunes for Windows, you get an error:
Unable to restore phone. Unknown error (6)
To resolve this problem, try the following steps:
1. Open the following location:
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
Windows Vista:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
2. Delete files that end with a .ipsw.
Now hopefully you can restore your iPhone without getting the Error 6 message.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008 under iPod Tips |
If you’re getting Error 1418 in iTunes when you try to sync your iPod, try the following steps to fix this issue:
1. Click Start > Run and type regsvr32 softpub.dll
2. When you receive the message that the DLL has been registered, click OK and perform the same steps for each of the following commands one by one under Start > Run:
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 mssip32.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
If these steps do not fix the issue, see if you can disconnect any other USB devices from your computer (except keyboard and mouse) to see if that fixes the issue.
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Posted on Apr 30, 2008 under Windows Vista Tips |
To connect to a nonbroadcasting wireless network, follow these steps:
1. Click on the network icon [
] in the task bar.
2. Select Connect or disconnect…
3. Select Setup a connection or network.
4. Select Manually connect to a wireless network.
5. Enter Network name > select Security type > Encryption type > Security Key/Passphrase.
6. Be sure to leave Start this connection automatically unchecked!
7. Check Connect even if the network is not broadcasting.

Posted on Apr 30, 2008 under Software Tips |
When you try to start iTunes, you get an error message that says:
The iTunes Library.itl file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file.

This happens because, somehow the iTunes Library.itl file got set as read only. You can fix this by doing the following steps:
1. Open the My Documents folder.
2. Open the My Music folder.
3. Open the iTunes folder
4. Right-click the iTunes Library.itl file and select Properties.
5. Uncheck Read-only.
6. Click OK.
Now you should be able to start iTunes without the error.
Posted on Apr 29, 2008 under Office Tips |
You can send out an email to take a vote from recipients in Outlook 2007.
1. Start a new message and click Options.
2. Click Use Voting Buttons.
3. Select the voting buttons you wish to use. Use Custom… if you wish to write your own options.

4. If you have selected the Custom… option, the Message Options dialog will appear. Type the options you would like in the Use voting buttons field. Separate your options with a semicolon (;). Click Close when done.

Now you’re ready to type and send the email.
Posted on Apr 29, 2008 under Office Tips |
If you want to check who accepted or declined a meeting invite in Outlook 2007, here’s how.
1. Click the Calendar icon in the Navigation Pane.
2. Double-click the meeting you want to check.
3. Click the Tracking button.
Note: Only the meeting organizer can view this option.