Can't eject DVD

I have a Dell laptop running Windows XP. Sometimes I can't eject the DVD.
The easiest way to solve this problem is by disabling and enabling the DVD-ROM drive from the device manager.

Just right click on My Computer, select Hardware, find the DVD-ROM drive, select disable, then enable. That's all.

No video on TPG's IPTV

I could hear the audio, but no video on TPG's IPTV. It was working properly a few weeks ago.

How did I fix it?
I uninstalled the existing VLC media player(0.8.6), then installed the newer version (1.1.5). Don't forget to check the 'Firefox' option during the installation.

Windows XP VPN were missing

All of the XP's VPN connections were missing. Options 'Dial Up' and 'VPN' in the connection wizard were disabled. So, I couldn't make a new VPN connection.

It turn out that I accidentally disable some of the services.
These are the necessary services:

• Telephony
• Remote Access Connection Manager
• Remote Access Auto Connection Manager

After enabling those services, the previous connections are appeared.

http://www.computing.net/answers/networking/new-network-connection-disabled/36178.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330163

Double thumbnail in Virtuemart

The components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product folder is taking up so much space. Then I realised that virtuemart always creates 2 thumbnails: one in product folder, and one in resized folder.

Here's a link on how to fix this problem:
http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=51644.0

Mount partition in Ubuntu

My harddisk has 2 partitions (C and D). Ubuntu only recognised C drive.

I opened the terminal and run:
sudo fdisk -l

I can see the D drive in the output. So, I have to mount it to Ubuntu.

sudo mount /dev/sda4 /mnt

Now I can access the D Drive from mnt folder.

To unmount, run:
sudo unmount /mnt

Drupal 6 installation error (/includes/menu.inc on line 315)

When I installed Drupal 6, I got an error message about '/includes/menu.inc on line 315'. I can't find solution on the internet. So, what I did was deleting the database, create the new database, and start the installation again. This time, the installation was completed successfully. I didn't have any idea what caused the error previously.

Linksys VPN: remote gateway is not responding

I use QuickVPN to connect to the RV042 router in remote location. It worked perfectly for around a year. A few weeks ago, suddenly I can't connect anymore. The error message was 'Remote gateway is not responding'.

I didn't make any changes in both my laptop(Windows XP) and RV042. By the way, PPTP connection was allright. So, what's the problem?

I tried all these things..but it won't solve the problem:
- Turn off the firewall in XP.
- Turn off the firewall in RV042.
- Change MTU size in RV042.
- Add new VPN user.

I tried to install QuickVPN on another computer(same network)..and it didn't work..
I tried to install on a remote computer(XP)..and it works!

So, the problem was definitely on the client side. But I tried to turn off the firewall, anti virus..and still didn't work.

Then suddenly I was thinking about my router..Can it be my router that cause the problem? I opened the router's log and saw this line:
kernel: net/ipv4/netfilter/./broadcom/ip_nat_ipsec.c:ipsec_nat_help Out of table entries
I've no idea what's the meaning of it. But I had a feeling that something's wrong with the router. So, I restarted the router, then tried the QuickVPN..and problem SOLVED..Now QuickVPN is working..

Unable to set the orientation property

"Unable to set the orientation property of the PageSetup class". This error message is appeared in my VB6 code, which is used to set the orientation of an excel file to landscape.

This error message only appeared in 1 computer. Why did it happen only in 1 computer? Well...the computer didn't have a default printer. I just need to add a default printer, then the problem disappeared.

Source:
http://www.ureader.com/msg/103711516.aspx

Dot in directory name (IIS)

I have a directory name that contains dot (ex: http://localhost/test3.5). Just recently, I was not able to open that page from the browser.

How to fix it?
Firstly, I have to open UrlScan.ini file. In my computer, it's located in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\urlscan folder.

Then, I have to change this value from 0 to 1:
AllowDotInPath=1

I don't need to restart the IIS. Just refresh the browser..and it works!

Source: http://forums.iis.net/t/1150130.aspx