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At the time of installation, Filezilla asks if you’d like it to start automatically with Windows or not. Once selected, the option cannot be changed from the Interface. The only 2 ways to do the same is via Registry Editor or via MSconfig utility. It is a straightforward checkbox selection in Msconfig so I will mention about the Registry Editor.

As mentioned on http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Talk:FAQ#How_to_stop_Filezilla_Interface_from_starting_with_every_Windows_Log_In , you need to edit the relevant entries in Windows Registry.

However, on Windows XP 64 bit version (maybe other 64 bit OS also) the location is at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

The entries are “FileZilla Server Interface” and “FileZilla Server”

Hope this helps you!

Thanks
Inderjeet S Sodhi

For  the last two days, I could not access Windows Live (Hotmail) account from my Live Desktop. In the Error tab, it showed:

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Unable to send or receive messages for the PS HM account. Sorry, we were unable to sign you in to Windows Live ID at this time. Please try again later.

Server Error: 0×80048820
Server: ‘http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v2.0.0/Sync.aspx’
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0×80048820
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After sifting through a few pages on Google and trying a few basic tips like registering DLLs, editing Internet connection settings in IE, changing /checking firewall settings etc., I observed that my problem had some more information attached with it to analyze.

The problem had erupted after I got a static IP from my ISP on one of the 3 DSL Internet connections on my computer. The problem occurred only on the particular connection with the static IP address, the moment i switched on to the dynamic ones, everything would work fine.

I did not have Windows Live Desktop/Email configured on any other machine, so could not rule out if it happened only on one computer. But I DID check if it worked via the web on other computers, which it did but not on the one I was working on. Nothing would appear after the successful login redirection to –blue…live…inbox– URL the browser would just halt.

The Solution…Ahh!

This Link http://www.fanatic.net.nz/2005/08/30/solving-error-80048820/ gave me a direction. It mentions that there is some increase is required in the MTU settings. MTU stands for Maximum Transmission Unit -  the number of bytes for a single packet which a modem/gateway would allow on the network. The site mentioned it needs to be increased. I checked mine it was already at 1500 in my router, this should be sufficient for all practical purposes.

Then I tested the setting by sending a PING to yahoo.com , 1500 bytes long. It FAILED. so I felt I was indeed closing in. Then I sent a ping of 1000 bytes. SUCCESS. Then 1200, Sucess, then 1490 Failed, then 1350 success, then  1475 failed. Finally, I could conclude that my ISP’s routers were configured at 1474 bytes MTU size.  But my router was sending at 1500, so perhaps the packets were getting truncated.

I changed the value of MTU in my router to 1474, to sync with what my ISP had in their systems. Rebooted it, crossed my fingers ( to be honest even my heart was beating very slightly faster) and waited it to come up. Then I fired up Windows Live, and there it was, 228 new messages coming down in my Inbox.

Wow! I said, and thanked Fanatic Live for the faint, 6 year old light in the tunnel which showed the way out. Now again my Live Mail is running with all green check-boxes and no red crosses.

I hope you save some time and frustration with this post.

Cheers
Inderjeet

Problem: When you right click on a compressed (zip, rar or other) file, the context menu shows options such as “Extract to” and “Extract to folder”, however, clicking on these options do not actually perform any action.

Cause: Windows XP considers zipped files as folders. Once you install winzip or Winrar, this setting is changed. However, upon certain Windows updates, the setting gets reverted back. This is done by associating (Linking) the ZIP files with the ZIPFLDR.DLL file included in Windows.

Solution: Simple. Click on Start menu, then choose “Run”. In the next input window, just type (without quotes) “REGSVR32 /u ZIPFLDR.DLL” and press the Enter key. It should say “DLLUnregister Server in zipfldr.dll completed successfully” or something. Click OK and try extracting your files now. Voila! I can see the smile on your face!

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To: Bharti Celllular Ltd.
E: 121@airtelindia.com
Sent on:1 June 2007
Subject: Self-charge for Prepaid plans Suggestion
Action Taken: None yet

Greetings,
Being brief and concise:
It is suggested to introduce a self-charge scheme for Prepaid numbers, wherein a user with enough account balance but zero validity may get their phone/validity re-charged by sending a special sms to 121. The amount deducted maybe from his/her account and the number be “recharged”.

Rationale: There maybe many users whose validity expires but they have enough balance. But because they can’t get to the closest airtel vendor, they have to remain “cut” from their loved ones or just for being lazy, don’t goto a vendor, or maybe run out of cash (but have enough prepaid balance). It won’t make any difference to Airtel, as they’re getting their amount. So a win-win situation.

Hoping to hear something positive soon.

Warm regards,
Inderjeet S Sodhi

Opera is not a new name. Nor is it like Infosys or others who’re a part of India’s daily life. The Oslo, Norway based company has only 4 offices/development centres around the world in USA, Taiwan, Sweden and Japan.

Now they have Chosen Chandigarh (my Chandigarh!) as the next QA centre in Asia.

Take a look at :

http://opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/02/20/

For QA jobs at Opera, Chandigarh:

http://www.opera.com/company/jobs/web_opener.dml

I’d been using GPRS on Airtel Punjab for some time and suddenly lost the settings for some reason (this habit of fiddling and experimenting is bad sometimes).

So I tried calling up the customer care and for a change there was no response this time, several times. Of late, they’ve stopped attending personal calls and a message plays something like “please send sms to 121 with your query. It Seems the Bharti group wants to save some money by chopping off 24×7 customer care to a 9-5 one.

I had forgotten the code to get the settings delivered via SMS.

Googling around yielded no results. Airtel does not have an FAQ page with these details on their site!

Anyway I fiddled again (sorry i take my words back, it is mostly good to fiddle and experiment) and discovered the settings. Posting using the same connection. Here are these if someone is interested:

Connection Name(can be any): Mobileoffice
APN: airtelgprs.com
Username: 91xxxxxxxx (your mobile number)
password: (leave blank)

WAP Profile:
Name: call this profile by any name, but call it Mobileoffice
Connect using: mobileoffice (or whatever name you gave above)
IP Address: 000.000.000.000

And this should work.
To connect to Internet use the dialup number: *99**#2 last number (2 here) being mobile manufacturer ID (experiment, again!) I use 2 for Sony Ericsson.

Hope that helps

Happy GPRSing!

Sidenote: The GPRS service can be activated on Prepaid connections by sending a message PGPRS to 700 (costs 3 bucks) and it will be activated within 48 hours. Charges are 375 Rupees a month (pathetic speed). You must have at least 25 rupees extra in your account while activating.

The charges are deducted on pro-rata basis, from 5th to 5th of every month. If you activate on 20th, they’d deduct about half the amount.

Hi, Well after a long gap i’m back to blogging. Herein I’d be putting down whatever is there in m mind. For, i believe knowledge is for sharing. If i acquire a lot of knowledge and die with it, what’d the use of such knowledge? So here is some part of my heart and brain – collectively known as the mind…Hope you enjoy reading the stuff.

Inderjeet