Digital Times

Most digital cameras today have upgraded features including bigger lcd and even anti-flare components enabling you to view your pictures even outdoors in the scorching sun.  This is one way of sharing captured moments and breathtaking images.

But the high megapixel images and treasured moments would be of no use if it would only be viewed in your camera lcd screens.  The best way to enjoy these moments is to share them with loved ones through email or even during the event.

This is why we have various connections to be able to view our breathtaking photographs in your 17-inch laptop or even on your widescreen LCD TV.

My Nikon D40 connects easily to my HP laptop through the usb cable provided with the camera package.  With this, I can easily transfer the images from my D40 to the laptop though Nikon’s software called Nikon Transfer.

Other digital camera users should not worry as there are a number of ways to transfer images to your laptop computers or view them on LCD TVs.  The primary mean would be the usb cable connection for image transfers.  This requires your device to have the capability for usb connections (usb port).  Otherwise, you could always resort to removing your memoray card and inserting them into a compatible memory card reader for transfers to your laptop.  And Oh! After your finished transferring images using this mode, remember to “Safely Remove Hardware” from your laptop to save those precious memoray cards.

Viewing the images on you LCD TV, on the other hand, requires a little more extra feature as it needs a TV jack and available connection from your camera to your TV.  This would be highly recommended for higher resolution images viewing.  This would yield not so great viewing pleasure for lower resolution images as these will be pixelated.  But who cares, anyway, especially if the images are those special moments in one of the family gatherings or other special occasions.  I’d rather have it shared with my loved ones on the TV during the event and share the happiness it brings than have it all by myself.  Who’d like to pass on the camera from one person to another just to view the images, anyway?

In the end, technology today makes it easier and more convenient for people to enjoy things.  Ages ago, one would have to develop the pictures and print them before they can really be enjoyed and shared.  In today’s digital times, sharing memories is so convenient, you can do it minutes after it happened or to culminate an event.  Next time you’re in an occassion, don’t keep the fun for yourself.  Share.

password_viewer.exe

This freakin’ virus/ worm/ whatever bugged my laptop for days. It shuts down my laptop just after I have booted it but only when I am connected to our local area netwrok (LAN). When its not connected to the network, the laptop boots properly. The sad thing is that our Corporate Anti-Virus Software wasn’t able to detect this thing. I also don’t know it this thing is related to the trojan which is also not detected by our AV but is scanned and detected by the freeware AVG Anti-Spyware.

I’ve searched the net and find this one very helpful. I have applied the same principles since the password viewer.exe and bar311.exe seem to have the same effect on the system.

Since the hidden files and folders are restricted from view because the password viewer.exe file is somehow preventing it, I just opened the task manager, right-clicked password viewer.exe, and ended the process tree, and clicked YES on the pop up window.

On C:/Windows folder, I have enabled the viewing of hidden files through Tools > Folder options; View tab; Show hidden files and folders. Make sure that the “Hide operating system files(Recommended)” setting is also unchecked.

Locate the files named “pc-off.bat” (a batch file which causes the system to reboot) and “password_viewer.exe” and delete these files from the C:/Windows folder.

If you run cmd prompt/ command, you may still encounter the “pc-off.bat” being called by the program because it is still in the registry.  This will do no more harm, i guess but if you want, you can change the registry by running regedit which is what I did.  Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Command Processor and delete “C:/Windows/pc-off.bat” in the autorun configuration.

There is also this gamot.exe but we had difficulty downloading and running it in my laptop. It is even scanned and detected by AVG as a virus.

Glad I had stumbled on the site noted above. Hope this works the same for you.

CISA Reviewer

I have been scheduled to take the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Examination in June by early registration made in February but the circumstances have changed.  I’ve been very busy with work (Sarbanes Oxley Testing) particularly in the month of June so I have deferred my exam to December.  Still, I wasn’t, or I couldn’t find a way to study for the exam… maybe I’m just being lazy… or so…

But I have paid for it… and I’ve paid a lot just to waste my hard-earned money by not taking the exams.  I’m thankful, still, that my wife’s (old) Pocket PC, which was free for the old postpaid mobile phone plan, was still lying idly at home.  I thought I could use the phone for my review on-the-go (as I am always, and will always be travelling because of work).  Good thing that my reviewers can be readily read though the internet explorer.

Now the CISA Exam is at hand… and I have to prepare, and prepare well, for this new challenge ahead…

St. Jude, Pray for us…

a box of N95

My wife’s postpaid plan has just expired requiring us to follow up on the retention of the line but for a lower plan limit.

Of the various phone units available, we went crazy in choosing between the mobile tv feature and the gps capable mobile phone.  After considering all circumstances, and upon knowing the limited availability of the mobile tv and the value-for-money of the mobile phone unit vis-a-vis the plan limit, we opted to have the Nokia N95 and its GPS capability.

Among it’s various features, only the GPS capability was the center of interest as it will be very useful in dad’s work.  We have tried the 5 MP camera and video calling features, though, and find it fairly better against other phones I’ve used (I have no other comparable phones to test it against).  We have tried a number of features to test the GPS navigation yesterday night but only this morning when we were able to really try the phone’s feature.

I’ve accessed the GPS data application from the Menu> Tools> GPS data and discovered the GPS functions of the N95 (I have not yet read the manual because I’m not in the mood for it).  The GPS does not work inside our house nor outside the terrace.  The application worked only when we tried it outside Chico Street.

Although the margin of error is slightly high (with location accuracy measured in a radius of 15 to around 100 meters), the GPS feature may still be helpful  by carefuly considering the coordinates (especially if you have one identified coordinate to look for).  On my trial run, I obtained the initial location just outside the gate and saved it as the starting point.  I browsed through the navigation and other modules of the GPS data application and was able to record my test navigation from our house to the nearest basketball court where I saved my end location.

It’s also nice to know that there are a number of reviews on the web about the phone’s GPS navigation capability.  There is also NaviGadget, a blog dedicated on collating the GPS navigation function of Nokia N95 from various locations in the net.

Dad, or better yet Jun-Jun, might be happy to know that the N95’s GPS capablity may be compatible with Google Earth just by installing the free Sports Tracker software from Nokia.  Thanks to Digital Urban for this information.

As we discover the GPS navigation features of this mobile phone, more updates will be included here.  For now, we’ll settle with what we already know and apply these during one of dad’s fieldworks.