Joe Cheng : Whateverblog

If you are using Windows Live Writer you may find Joe Cheng's  Whateverblog an interesting read.He's a software developer at Microsoft on the Windows Live Writer team. Also a must visit if you are facing problems is the  Windows Live Writer forum and  Windows Live Writer blog.

Windows Live Mail Beta - How to make it work

Today i downloaded WLM Beta and had to spend hours to get it working,nor could i find much help after searching on Google, Yahoo, and Live search.

 

This post could help you if you receive similar errors after installing WLM.

If you get a message that you require to be connected to the Internet while first running WLM Beta and after clicking OK you get an error message that msmail.dll could not be initialized and maybe the software was not installed correctly try the following procedure.

While you may skip certain procedure(s) and even try some permutations as i myself cant say for sure that a certain order will only work or even what worked for me will do for you so be creative !

After you got those messages restart you computer and try again after connecting to the Internet - not working - set Windows Live Mail as your default E-mail client - not working - open control panel - add remove programs - look for Windows Live Mail click on change and follow the wizard to repair the installation, a successful repair will request you to restart your computer, do so - not working - run regedit now move down the following branches : My computer\HKEY-CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail,  in the right pane double click on First Run Done and change the value from 0 to 1, this should solve the problem.

 

I don't know what it does during first run but it must not be that important, if you have used IE7 you may remember that it opens up a window so you can set the phishing filter, default search engine, basic settings that you can change later. 

You shouldn't mind skipping "first run" as i did if other methods mentioned here or on the Internet fail.

0x80048883, msmail.dll

Programming: Learn to Code

If you happen to be a beginner in the enchanting world of computer programming, this post is dedicated to you!

1. Borland has been providing free versions of their popular Turbo products,

Turbo Delphi for Windows
Turbo C++ for Windows
Turbo Delphi for .NET
Turbo C# for .NET

Links :
http://www.turboexplorer.com/

http://www.borland.com/

2. Interested in Java, Eclipse and Netbeans are widely used,

Links :

http://www.eclipse.org/

http://netbeans.org/

3. Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions are free tools you can use.

Links :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

Microsoft Beginner Developer Learning Center
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/

E-mail Etiquette

When their is a need to send an e-mail to a group of people use the Bcc field to list all the e-mail addresses. What it does is to send a copy of the e-mail to each recipient while their e-mail address remains concealed from others and also prevents a long list of addresses from appearing at the beginning of each e-mail.

A set of guidelines for Network Etiquette is available at the following link:
www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html

Other link(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette

How to: Yahoo! Messenger 8 Full Installer Download

If you want to download Yahoo! Messenger using a download manager use the following link(s),
India: http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/in/ymsgr8in.exe
US : http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/ymsgr8us.exe

For other regional version's replace the ** in the link below to the country you prefer,
http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/**/ymsgr8**.exe

This method is helpful to those on a slow internet connection such as mine!

Installing BSNL'S LG LSP 340E as Modem

Hi, i decided to write this help after receiving repeated request to install BSNL's CDMA fixed wireless telephone (LG LSP-340E) as dial-up modem .

Connect the phone to the serial port of your PC with the serial cable provided by BSNL. Open Control Panel in Windows xp select Phone and Modem Options then select Modems now click the ADD button at the bottom, Add Hardware Wizard will be initialized and on the window that appears mark Don't detect my modem; i will select it from a list and click Next, from the Standard Modem Types select Standard 19200 bps modem and click the next button and select COM1 as the port to install the modem click next and a window will appear informing that the modem was successfully installed. Return to control panel to select network connections , on the left panel select create a new connection and follow the instruction to get started on the Internet by filling in information provided by your Internet service provider, or use the CD provided by your ISP.
If you are using Netone or Sancharnet account download and install Netone dialer .

Read this faq :
http://www.bsnl.co.in/faq/faqans.php?paramCategory=WLL


NEWS:
BSNL has been upgrading the CDMA network and hence the above information may not be useful to those who are on a network that supports 144 kbps connection. Please contact BSNL regarding the same.

Good luck,
ajay kumar


The author is not responsible for any loss or damage caused by the use of any procedure(s) published here to alter any setting(s) or equipment.

-Tested on Windows xp professional sp2 release