Friday, July 11, 2008

how to get read of 'abc' icon on the top rigt corner of my Blackberry screen

In a message

Hit Menu>options>Enable Suretype

Or you can try

Option>Language>Input Language - English (United States)
  1. Go to the main applications view on the Pearl.
  2. Choose Options (it's the little crescent wrench icon) and select it.
  3. Scroll down to Language and click the trackball.
  4. Under "Input Language" you want to either select your language with Multitap (to enable Multitap) or without (which puts you into SureType mode). For example, I selected English (United States) to get SureType.
  5. Now just click the menu button and select Save and you're back to normal.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

An attempt was made to send an email when no email session has been established

I got the above error when job which will send email to an operator when it is completed did not work and while troubleshooting I got below info

Configure SQL Server Agent Mail to Use Database Mail

  1. To set up SQL Server Agent Mail to use Database Mail
  2. In Object Explorer, expand a server.
  3. Right-click SQL Server Agent, and then click Properties.
  4. Click Alert System.
  5. Select Enable Mail Profile.
  6. In the Mail system list, select Database Mail.
  7. In the Mail profile list, select a mail profile for Database Mail.
  8. Restart SQL Server Agent.

Monday, July 07, 2008

Slipstreaming Windows XP (SP2) with Service Pack 3

Windows XP Home or Professional with SP2 Setup CD. It's possible that an original XP Setup CD or an XP with SP1 Setup CD will work, but I've only tested XP with SP2


Step 1: Copy the Windows XP Setup CD contents to your hard drive



Insert your Windows XP with SP2 Setup CD in the optical drive of your PC and close any auto-run window that appears. In My Computer (or Computer), right-click the optical drive and select Open. Leave the window open with a view of the contents of the Windows XP Setup CD.

Open My Computer again. This time, navigate to the root of the C: drive or another location to which you'd like to save the files you'll eventually integrate with SP3. Create a folder named XPCD (as in C:\XPCD). Then, create a second folder named sp3 (as in C:\XPSP3).

Now, drag and drop the contents of the XP Setup CD into the C:\XPCD folder.


Step 2: Extract the contents of the XP SP3 updater to your hard drive


Now, you need to extract the SP3 files. While the files are copying between the two locations, copy the Windows XP SP3 standalone installer (typically windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu.exe in the US) to C:\XPSP3. Then, open a command line window (Start, Run, cmd in Windows XP; in Vista, just open the Start Menu and type cmd in Start Menu Search).

Then, using the following commands exactly, navigate to C:\XPSP3 and extract the files (Note that the text [ENTER] means hit the ENTER key):

cd \ [ENTER]
cd XPSP3[ENTER]
windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu.exe -x:c:\XPSP3[ENTER]

An Extracting Files dialog will come up and display the progress

Step 3: Integrate XP with SP3


Now, type the following in the command line window (where [ENTER] means hit the ENTER key):

cd i386 [ENTER]
cd update [ENTER]
update.exe /integrate:c:\XPCD[ENTER]