Category Informational

Who’d want that?!

Well, apparently I do, and so do many others!

WinDirStat is the “f0 shizzle” as though it were. Or maybe that’s just what the kids are saying!

This thing is absolutely cool! An Excellent way to get a real idea of how your data is allocated and equally allow you to manage that data once it is presented.

Best of all, instead of paying for a product which does something, or even if you’re just trying to profile your FileServers and ask the question of “How many AVI’s do I really have stored across this entire server” Bam, it’s all there for you! Also a good way to go, “Hmm, why is this persons home directory eating up a chunk of my drive!”

So, if you like the idea of free visual representations and access of your data structure without paying for some random third party product for it! Go get it here!

http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/

A list of uses of this product are as follows

• See if the content on your file servers is work related (Lots of XLS, DOC, PPT good, lots of MP3, AVI and RAR bad!) – from a business sense. :)
• Easily see who has the largest home directories and respectively if the data contained within it is valid to business requirements.
• See if there is a buildup of non-essentials or data which should be moved off elsewhere (TMP, OST, PST, ISO)

Any other good suggestions for its uses would be great!

~Christopher Kusek

MSFP Rom Updates!

Cingular 8125 MSFP (AKU2) Update.

Notes:
http://www.america.htc.com/support/8125/software-downloads.html

Download:
http://www.america.htc.com/support/docs/RUU_Wizard_225111_22511102_022511_CWS_WWE_Ship.exe

Cingular 2125 MSFP (AKU2) Update.

Notes:
http://www.america.htc.com/support/2125/software-downloads.html

Download:
http://www.america.htc.com/support/docs/To_CWS_20130_284222_022501_Ship.exe

Palm 700W MSFP (AKU2) Update as mentioned before – Here it is again.

General Verizon Palm Downloads:
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/

Treo 700W Downloads (Including Sprite Backup):
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/treo700w.html#treo700wverizon

Notes:
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/treo700wupdater/verizon.html

And as far as the Motorola Q goes, everything I’ve seen to date seems to speculate a 4Q release of the AKU2 Update.

~Christopher Kusek

Here are the links to download the PocketPC and SmartPhone Emulators (Which are AKU2/MSFP). Very useful for testing connectivity of your ActiveSync Exchange as well as testing third party apps.
Standalone Device Emulator 1.0 with Windows Mobile OS Images
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C62D54A5-183A-4A1E-A7E2-CC500ED1F19A&displaylang=en

You’ll need to download and install both of these applications – And to get it to function, you’ll need to install the application listed below first.
Virtual Machine Network Driver for Microsoft Device Emulator
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=DC8332D6-565F-4A57-BE8C-1D4718D3AF65&displaylang=en

Once it is up, all you need to do is click “Notification” and “Connect” and it will use your existing network connection and allow you to perform functionality as though you were on your mobile device!

~Christopher Kusek

I’m a particular fan of efficiency and all the joys brought upon by it. Some particular areas of Efficiency interest have been in good light which is not only bright, low cost for power and healthy vs SAD, it’s also good at maintaining attention and awareness. I’ll actually do my whole writeup on 6500K and why it rocks the house at some point in the future, but for now.. let us discuss… POWER!

Someone recently informed me of this little trinket, very powerful and cool indeed and I’m sure will greatly benefit any household. – Kill A Watt!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/

The Kill-A-Watt allows you to connect your appliances and assess how efficient they are. A large LCD display counts consumption by the Kilowatt-hour, just like utility companies. You can figure out your electrical expenses by the hour, day, week, month, even an entire year. Monitor the quality of your power by displaying Voltage, Line Frequency, and Power Factor.

This thing is so absolutely cool, I’m ordering one rightnow as I write this! I’m sure the uses will be endless.. though for the moment, I’ll start with one, and decide if I’ll have a need to try to implement more into the household. This will certainly help in any event you have interest in trending or forecasting whether some particular appliances are useful or completely useless and are eating you out of house and home!

I’ll let you know how I feel about it after I use it for a while!

Christopher Kusek

Have you ever taken a Microsoft Exam, and failed and feh, now you need to spend more money to take it! Now with this. You can take it, and if you fail you get a free second chance to take it! If you go to the site listed at the bottom, it’ll register you for this or that and give you a coupon code to use when you register at Prometric or Vue. Now you can register to get the information… or not, and just use the Codes. This expires by June 30th, so if I had to take any random tests (Which I do) I’ll be doing it in this time frame!

Those Coupon codes are:

MCP Exams: 24FREE
Microsoft Dynamic Exams: MBS2S

http://www.prometric.com
http://www.vue.com
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/offers/2ndchance/
~ Christopher Kusek

PS. If you’re going to be taking any Microsoft Exams (Or cisco, or whatever) Let me know, and perhaps I can help. I take and study for exams all the time, and find them considerably easy so I can break through the barriers of prevention. Let me know, and I just may be able to point you in the right direction to help guarantee your success!

IMPORTANT: These codes can be used if/when you fail an exam, you must CALL Prometric and give them the “24FREE” Code, and they will schedule your re-take free of charge. The number for Prometric is 800.755.EXAM (3926)