Bluetooth

As we all know, Bluethooth is called a Mobile Wireless Communication Standard which helps us tether devices such as phones, headsets and microphones and even a mouse. Bluetooth devices are useful but sometime hard to get to work. I hope the following links will help make the task easier for you.

Setting up Bluetooth in widows.
Set up a Bluetooth enabled device
Adding Bluetooth Devices in Windows 7

Pairing your Windows Mobile device with your desktop or laptop
Pairing your Windows Mobile device - Modern Nomads

As time allows I will also try to post so tips and tricks with some troubleshooting as well.

Re: Bluetooth tips

Windows File Transfer Wizard. Works for XP and Vista

Executing "fsquirt" at run command starts Microsoft BlueTooth File Transfer Wizard. After this wizard, you can send files from mobile to your PC ( assuming you have bluetooth dongle attached to your system )

Bluetooth Not Working with Windows 7 ?

Bluetooth Not Working with Windows 7 ? | windows7bluetooth.com

Commandline access to Bluetooth options in Vista

Select “Run” in the start menu and type the “bthprops.cpl” (without quotes) command for direct access to Bluetooth settings under Vista

PowerLine Networking

For those of you that are curious about PowerLine Networking, I have provided a link explaining the what and hows of this type of home networking. After doing this research I have come to the conclusion that while Powerline Networking can be simple to setup and use, It is not for everyone. Aside from being slower than wired networking, PowerLine Networking doesn't work well for older homes. Fortunately when I say older homes, I mean homes older than 40 or 50 years old. Another drawback of this method of networking is the cost. The first kit will cost around $80 to $100 with each module costing $50 to $80 to expand your network. The upside is the ease of setup and the lack of wires running all over your home.

HowStuffWorks "How Power-line Networking Works"





A note: you can cut the cost if you go to Amazon,but remember you have to match the units. Also here in the U.S.A. the units have to be on the same circuit,no breaker/fuse in between the circuits. This is where the older homes (50 years or less) may work at a better distance since they only had 4 to 5 breakers/fuses between circuits anyway.

Lord Chance has informed me that if you have a balanced breaker box (Breakers on the same side) the signal is suppose to go thru..

Another note: this type of networking is faster than wireless,according to the Youtube test i have seen..


EDIT: If you have sporatic power outages,this will make your Powerline device work less than acceptable (example assigning the same IP addy as is on another PC) just simply unplug the devices for 10 mins and this will reset them,plug back in...good to go.

Vger

HOW TO GAIN SPACE BACK IN YOUR SDD..


Several days ago I had asked for some help attempting to regain space on my 60 GB SSD. I had less than 10 GBs remaining and was trying to figure out what was using all that space. I received some great advice from several folks, but found the following information most helpful and wanted to share it with others. MS Windows 7 has a "Hibernation" capability which I believe was designed for systems with conventional HDs allowing them to “wake back up” faster than a complete boot cycle. Someone else may be able to explain in greater detail, but the bottom line is that a desktop with SSD doesn’t really gain much in performance from this capability. The Hiberfil.sys file is a hidden file in the root folder and in my case was using 16 GB of space. The articles I had read indicated the size of the file is approximately equal to how much RAM you have installed so you can see on a small SSD it eats up critical space. It’s very simple to disable this capability and since you’re using SSD you lose very little performance-wise. I’ve included two links that provide greater details at Tom’s Hardware http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-performance-tweak,2911-4.html and eHow http://www.ehow.com/how_8192676_turn-off-windows-7-hibernation.html which can walk you through the steps. Hope it helps others.

you can also resize the recycle bin.. right click / properties -custom size 500mb or whatever size you need , maybe delete immediately instead.. possible to get an extra 10% for you - 6gb
You can also change size of the page file or turn it off - right click C* drive , advanced system settings, performance, advanced ..
You could also use ram as the pagefile/cache .. fancy cache is is a great little program for that

I use an OCZ vertex 3 60GB ssd

JCAMD thanks for the additional information, the articles I provided links for also discuss the pagefile/cache as well. I didn't want to mess with that since the bigger bang was with the RAM. I'll have to check out the "Fancy Cache" program. You're running 3 x OCZ 60 GB SSDs? Are you using a RAID configuration?

Using your Favorite Search Engine

The good folk of PC Help Forum enjoy helping others and it shows when you think about how long the site has been around. It also shows in the number of people helped and questions answered. Yes, PCHF is a good place for answers but let me ask you, the person needing answers, a question. Where do you think alot of your answers come from? Yes, experience is one place but another is research on the Web. Research using Google Search or one of the other search engines. I hear you friend. You say you don't understand how search works and you can never find what you need. Let me see if I can help.

Searching for something on the Web is just knowing what you want. Easy? Well no but it is a start. Next is knowing how to word your search query. Again it takes practice. But in the end, just typing a simple query usually gets you results. Lets start with a simple query. Lets say you need drivers for a video card.

• Typing in video card drivers will get you generic results
• But typing in nVidia video card drivers will get you closer.
• Better still try something more specific. nVidia GeForce4 video card drivers This will get you even closer.
• When you know what the card is then use as much information as you have. Things like Model number, Part number, Serial Number, as much as you can to help the search.

Google has a nice site that has some tip on how to form your search query. Give it a look. It may help with your next search. As I have said. There is a world of information on the Web. The search engine is the way to find it.

http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134479

Here's another Google search guide to help you on your way as well...

Thank you Arctos my friend. Searching is not rocket science so it should be easy enough. It is just a matter of semantics. Learning how to choose and use your words to find things.

I have found that searching with a spelling mistake in one of the search words, often brings up different results that are more relevant sometimes...

Strange but true Arctos. I believe it has to do with the smart algorithms used in todays search engines.