Installing Active Directory on Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 introduces a lot of enhancements and new features in Active Directory Services.
Active Directory provides the structure to centralize the network management and store information about network resources across the entire domain. Active Directory uses Domain Controllers to keep this centralized storage available to network users.
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New Symbian^4 UI concept mockups are published

Nokia has presented the UI Concept Proposal for Symbian^4. primary objective is to simplify the S60 user Symbian UI Concept4experience are semi-transparent menu overlays and richer variety of sample homescreen widget. But the pictures shows only a small part, the Concept Proposal document offers a lot more suggestions and nokia staff invites suggestions though.Symbian UI Concept4 video playerSymbian UI Concept4

The UI Proposal found alongside the UI design mockups suggests lot of improvements.

How to enable 3G in Google Nexus One Phone

Nexus One users are facing an issue to keep phone active in 3G mode. Google or Nexus  support forums are flooded with questions.Currently this issue is very much open and under investigation. Apparently there is a work around for this issue to force nexus one in 3G mode.This make nexus phone to work only in3G.

Step 1

Go  to your phone dialer. And just dial*#*#4636#*#* . As soon as you hit it, your phone’s going into testing mode.Don’t worry, this isn’t anything as serious as rooting, and you’re not going to crack your phone.

Step 2

Now  you’re in testing mode, and you will be able to see four options in screen . Click  on “Phone information” tabNexus one Testing mode

Step 3

Scroll all the way to the bottom of the “Phone information” screen. You should now see what looks like the picture on the left here.
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Manage your test cases free with Google Docs

Managing growing number of test cases effectively is not an easy project task. Required a costly full edge or efficient test case management tool to manage test cases, track and generate reports. I have noticed Google docs could be used as a efficient test case management tool. It provides all good features must have a test . . . → Read More: Manage your test cases free with Google Docs

Browser War-II: Google Chrome Frame

Google is running ahead of Microsoft.

If  Microsoft fails to  maintain their browser IE up-to-speed with the rest of the world, Google’s going to do it for all. A  project from Google called Google Chrome Frame which enabling open  web technologies in internet explorer. Google chrome frame is a plugin for Internet Explorer that allows developers to override Microsoft’s rendering engine with  HTML5 compatibility and faster JavaScript. To make use of Google Chrome Frame, developers or testers  simply put a meta tag “  <meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”chrome=1″> ” in their page source code. If the user is using  Internet Explorer and the plugin is installed.Web pages with this special tag will automatically make use of Google Chrome.Render faster than early internet explorer. It will bring  Google Chrome’s open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer. Google chrome frame will support IE6, 7 & and 8 versions

For testing Google chrome Frame

E.g. : To see Gmail in Google Chrome Frame, go to Internet Explorer and navigate to URL  “cf:http://gmail.com”
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Uninstal Visual studio team edition from system

how to remove all refernce of installed Visual studio from system
One day sudenly my visual studio professional edition strated dsiplaying trial period expired error message on lauching
it.i had installed VSTS 2008
trial version for learning and some R&D purpose and i forgot to uninstall it before trial got expired. Un fortunately even
my professional edition stopped working
Aproach 1:
1) Use microsoft autouninstal tool to uninstall all components installed along visual studio 2008 products
2) Double verify mnaully there is no other installed products or versions related to Visual studio
Go to add remove programs and check it (like SQL server express edition or any related products). If it present then
unistal or remove that product also from your syatem
3) Re install your original visual studio professional edition
Approach 2:
This approach perfectely helped me
1) Launch your visual studio
2) Download download the Sysinternals Process Monitor at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/processmonitor.mspx
3) Unzip the Process monitor package to a useful location
3) Start visual studio
4) Check process monitor window (You may see 1000′s of enteries in processmonitor window, Do scratch your head that is ok
you have aoption to filter the enteries )
5) Set a filter in the monitor to show only activity related to  devenv.exe process name
6) Launch visual studio and let expiration message window to display on screen
7) Go to process monitor window and scroll downslowly to see HKCR\Licenses  enteries
8) Open registry editor, Go to  Run , type command regedit and press enter registry editor isopend
9) Browse to the HKey_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses branch  and find the key identified in the process monitor.
Before editing any registry entry do not forget to copy and basckup in your sysatem. if anything goes wrong you should have
backup to replace edited entries.
10) Rename the entire key node ,Not the subkeys.. inserting xx before the key works as defined above
11) close registry editor and process monitor
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12) restart visual studio
13) Again you may see message window saying license information is not found.Do not worry if you see this message  iIt
displayed since you edited license information
14) Use microsoft uninstal tool to uninstall all Visual studio products
15) Instal every thing now as a freesh instalation and launch visual studio
Microsoft trials and betas leave the previous licenses in the HKey_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses branch. When Visual Studio loads,
it finds the old key and sees that it has expired.Even this wil stop working your other licensed version of visual studio .
Until i found this solution i was in impression that all i have to formast my system to use even visual studio professional
edition. I know second approach is little tedious but this wil help you to find a way out of frustartion.

How to remove all reference of installed Visual studio from system

One day suddenly my visual studio professional edition started displaying trial period expired error message on launching it. i had installed VSTS 2008 trial version for learning and some R&D purpose. I forgot to uninstall it before trial period got expired. Un fortunately after VSTS trial  period even my visual studio professional edition stopped working. Weird  trial period expired message window displayed.

Approach 1:

1) Download Microsoft auto uninstall tool to uninstall all components installed along visual studio 2008 products. Run uninstall tool.

2) Double verify manually there is no other installed products or versions related to Visual studio in system

Go to add remove programs and check it (like SQL server express edition or any related products). If it’s present then uninstall or remove that product  from your system.

3) Re install your original visual studio professional edition

Approach 2:

This approach perfectly helped me to remove VSTS trial edition and install visual studio professional version.
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Storage and Communication specific processor from intel

Intel Corp had announced a new microprocessor code named Jasper Forest aimed at storage products and embedded applications at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The new chips will be aimed at storage products and embedded applications. They use the Nehalem-EP (Efficient Performance) architecture that Intel recently used in the launch of its latest generation . . . → Read More: Storage and Communication specific processor from intel

Technology uses human body for broadband connections

Your body could soon be a backbone for broadband connection .A personal data network, linking your mobile phone , MP3 player , cordless headset,  digital camera to  your PC or printer. In short  all the gadgets you carry around to connect  each other. These personal area networks are possible using radio-based technologies, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, or just plain old cables to connect devices. But NTT, a  Japanese communication company has developed superior technology called  RedTacton. RedTacton is a new Human Area Networking technology that uses the surface of the human body as a safe, high speed network transmission path. It claims data can send over the surface of  skin at speed of  2Mbps — equivalent to a fast broadband data connection. RedTacton uses the minute electric field emitted on the surface of the human body. Technically, it is completely distinct from wireless and infrared. Communication is possible using any body surfaces, such as the hands, fingers, arms, feet, face, legs or torso. RedTacton works through shoes and clothing as well.
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