This is a litle trick I use when I travel and hook up to a wifi network in a crowded wifi environment. Sometimes the network performance over wifi is really bad and the problem is that it can be caused by heavy traffic (like file sharing) on another wifi network sharing the same channel as yours. […]
To install Ubuntu 14.04 on a Samung Ultrabook Ativ Book 9, this is how to do it. I decided to keep the factory installed Windows 8.1 beside my Ubuntu install using dual boot. Thanks to enrish for the basic info. I found out there is no need to shrink the Windows 8.1 partition as long […]
I’ve found out that the 802.11n high speed wifi / wlan mode (300 Mbps theoretically) tends to cause more harm than good, i.e. the performance in many, especially crowded, wifi environments will be really poor and it is a better option to turn it off. My Compaq 6910p laptop comes with an Intel Wireless WiFi Link […]
On a rather new Samsung Ultrabook series 5 we had intermittent / sporadic connection problems on some wifi networks. The status for the network shifts forth and back between ok and “No internet access”. This doesn’t happen on all wifi networks. It seems the problem is the 802.11n mode, especially in a crowded wifi environment. The […]
After installing VirtueMart on a Joomla 2.5 site, it should occur in the Components menu in the Joomla! backend. In my case, it didn’t show up. The problem can be caused by the Xmap – Virtuemart plugin not being enabled. Solution: Go to the Extensions menu and then select Plug-in Manager. In the filter box, […]
OpenSSL on Ubuntu can be vulnerable to the Heartbleed Bug. Not all versions of OpenSSL are affected though. OpenSSL version 1.0.1 to 1.0.1f are vulnerable. OpenSSL version 1.0.1g are not vulnerable. OpenSSL branches 1.0.0 and 0.9.8 are not vulnerable. To fix this issue on Ubuntu systems: Check your OpenSSL version to see if it is vulnerable […]
When configuring Microsoft Windows Live Mail (WLM) with an IMAP email account, you should set which folders on the IMAP server that should be used for Sent, Drafts, Deleted and Junk email. This is done by going into the setup for your email account in Windows Live Mail, edit properties for the account and select the […]
When setting up a Joomla site for multilanguage you need to set a default menu item for each language. However, sometimes it is not possible to change a default menu item currently set to language "All". The error message displayed is: "Warning Save failed with the following error: The Language parameter for this menu item […]
I recently bought a Plantronics Voyager Legend headset to use with my Samsung Galaxy Note II phone. It worked fine for a day or two, then I started to experience poor sound quality. Especially the person I was talking to had real trouble hearing me. Restarting bluetooth in the Samsung or restarting the Plantronics headset […]
Selection lists in the toolbar might also display things like "advanced.h1" and so on. The cause of the problem seems to be translation files for the JCE editor of an older version are read only which prevented them from being updated to the newer version. Solution: Uninstall JCE editor. Go to the menu Extensions -> […]