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Archive for September, 2011

30 Sep

Fixing Windows XP Startup Rundll Error Loading Tapi.nfo

Computer performance is an important factor for a user. I was called to check a Dell OptiPlex 745 desktop computer which reported to be a slow computer. The computer has a Core 2 Duo processor with Windows XP operating system. There is much power under the hood of Dell OptiPlex 745 to cope up the [...]

29 Sep

Adobe Flash Player 11 Popular Poker Games

About 2 years ago when Apple announced that it won’t support Adobe Flash on their internet portable devices everyone cried foul. Almost all were asking why Apple would not like to have Adobe Flash on iPhone, iPod, or iPad tablet. The next to follow suit is Microsoft when it announced that they will shun away [...]

25 Sep

How to Check the Available Database Links in Oracle

It is another surprise at work when strange thing happen on a web based financial software application which fetches data from Oracle ERP system. The web application that was created with Oracle PL/SQL has a feature to search easily data from ERP system without using the Oracle ERP Java Application. The web application was running [...]

22 Sep

Datacenter Console LCD Monitor Keyboard Drawer Cost Effective Space Saver

Monitor Keyboard Drawer Computer datacenter are off limits on regular days. The place is accessible only through some swipe card and pin combination. Thus, nobody really goes on that very cold place with several camera mounted at each strategic location to monitor who’s going in and out. Recent outage of the datacenter’s core switch have [...]

09 Sep

Longer Reading Travel Companion Kindle 3G + WiFi Ebook Reader

Electronic book readers comes in different models and even smartphone with big screens are used by some as ebook readers. The problem of carrying bulky books shuns some who likes to read. The advent of a variety of electronic book readers have surged an interest in book lovers. Amazon Kindle 3 A dominant name in [...]

01 Sep

OTN Developer Days Oracle 11g Database, System Root, Oracle Enterprise Manager Password

Virtual Machines are very convenient in IT training and learning. In the study of Oracle Database 11g, I use the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager. The virtualization software can be downloaded for free from the Oracle website. It takes time to install Oracle Database even on a virtualized system. Thus, it’s better to use the OTN [...]