Annoying Mobile Internet connection : Disable GPRS / EGDE connection on HTC

Well..

I ‘m using Windows Mobile 6.0 on HTC Touch. I ‘m  paying a lot for weather updates !!!! and stuff like that, when I don’t need to use the GPRS / EDGE so long as I have the wifi and my laptop available.

There is no clear function to disable that without disconnecting your mobile signals too. I had to make a new NULL !!!! connection for Internet access as the default one, then switch between the network connections when I need to have Internet access form my mobile.

 

Start > Settings > connections > connections > advanced > Select Networks

 

The first part showing " Programs that automatically connect to the Internet should connect using" :

Just make a new connection  with no settings and save it. Choose it as the default connection, when you need to have access, choose your mobile network connection back …

 

Enjoy 🙂 and save your money 😀

 

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Introduction to Hyper-V

Hyper V is a new Virtualization Era. Microsoft has done a big deal of improvements and enhancements on the Virtualization. Now Hyper V is a part of the system.You don’t have to go through that headache of implementing Virtualization like that used to be in Virtual server.

When I first tried to try Hyper V, installed a 32Bit server edition. Then I discovered it is not supported. I don’t know why Microsoft doesn’t support the Hyper V role in a 32 bit server.

So, I had to install a 64 bit version. A strange thing happened ( was my first time to notice it actually) :

. My HDD has 3 partitions :

C : has vista ultimate

D : blank

E : some other files

When I began to install the win2008, I chose the D partition.

On opening the windows explorer from the server, it sees the windows files ..etc on the C partition and the vista on D !!!!!!

why did that happen ? Is it intentionally ?

Why doesn’t it support the parallel installation with keeping the drive letters the same as they are ?

(The data is kept actually the same. When I check on vista, I find the vista on C partition and the server on D 😦 )

Now, lets go a head exploring the Hyper V step by step.

This is a Tutorial for Hyper-V Virtualization beginners. Please make sure you email me or post comments in case you need any clarification.

. I wanted to show first the I have only one NIC now. After installing the Hyper V role, I ‘ll install other NICs to have more connectivity options with the virtual machines.

. When you first start your server for the first time, it has no roles. Just go and add the hyper V role. ( System updates, securing your server…etc is beyond the scope of this topic. This is a testing machine)

. Just follow the wizard an all goes fine.

. Make sure you select Hyper-V

. An introduction to hyper-V, also the help documents from Microsoft on hyper v.

. Installing

. Restart your system now

 

. Right after system restart

The installation succeeded.

Now let’s begin making our first virtual machine.

. First have a look on the Hyper-V server settings. Make sure you change the default directories for the virtual hard disks and the virtual machines. ( In a business environment, they should be on different physical drives other than your operating system for better performance). Also, change your escape Release Key according to what you prefer.

. . Then. go to the virtual network manager.. Well, now I ‘ll choose the network option to show a virtual NIC we will use.

. The Virtual NIC appears now. We can treat it as if it were a real one.

Now, we will start creating the first virtual machine.

. Right click your machine –> New –> Virtual Machine.

The hard disk and floppy disk can be used too to make expansion for your virtual machines as if you were adding some new hardware. ( amazing 😉 )

. Just follow the wizard …

Assign the Ram you like for your virtual machine

Now choose the network card we made before.

Choose the virtual hard disk configuration. (Here we will make a new one as shown)

Choose the installation source.

Make sure you have all the things right and click finish.

Now you have a new machine on your system 🙂

You can have as much virtual machines as you like so long as you have enough hardware support.

I ‘ll wait for your comments..

 

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Upgrading Vista Home Premium to Ultimate

I wanted to upgrade my vista home premium to ultimate. The upgrade process was smooth. All the software and configuration was kept.

 

I only had to uninstall Powershell before upgrading to vista ultimate.

 

The upgrade process took about 3 – 4 hours.

 

After the upgrade was complete, only few stuff was changed.

. I had to reinstall :
           . VMWare ( coz the virtual network cards were lost)
           . Daemon Tools ( coz the virtual drvie i use to mount iso imsages was lost)
           . reconfigure the display configuration and poweroptions again.
           . Reinstall AVIRA ( coz the license key was lost)
           . Do some new windows update.
           . Reconfigure windows media player.

 

. Other microsoft stuff like visual studio and office were kept the same. Nothing corrupted.

 

. When you do that upgrade, after clicking the start menu for the first time, you will find a link to download windows live messenger again !!! But, if you use the link in all programs you will find it there working with the old configuration. No need to reinstall / redownload it.

. If there are other issues, they will be clear soon.

 

. I wanted to share that experience in case anybody wanted to do the same. I was afraid all the stuff gets lost and have the headache of restoring my system like i use it. Thanks God the upgrade process was smooth.

Take the risk and do it.

 

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