Windows 7 HyperTerminal

I need HyperTerminal program to configure network equipment, eg. router, switch and Ericsson RBS. Windows 7 does not provide this tools by default. Fortunately, you may still use it by copy from old Windows XP or by download it here.

Example of hypetermianl on WIndows 7. Lack of icon, but work perfectly.

Example accessing Ericsson RBS 6000 using HyperTerminal.

You may also use other alternative, such PuTTY as terminal emulator.   HyperTerminal is still my favorite tool, its easy to use, work well for generate script report, and or execute batch script.

I hope you find this short post useful :).

Windows XP Shortcut

Here its list of Windows XP shortcut. Note that this list is shortcut by Windows XP, not by specific application.

Acer Aspire 4738Z driver for Windows XP

Acer doesn't officially provide hardware driver for Windows XP for Aspire 4738Z. Here its links to download that drivers I found on net.

How To Activate Windows XP License Key

My Windows XP ask for activating, and worse, I don't have the license key. I found that this problem could be solved by editing registry entry.

How To: Set Windows XP Mupltiple IP Address on One Single Interface

As telecom engineer, I often need to change my Windows XP IP address while at job. And I found that Windows XP support multiple IP address per its interface, so I don't need to change IP for accessing various equipment.

USB to Serial HL-340 Adapter

Most of recent laptops today does not support serial port (COM). They only provide USB ports. Don't worry, you may use USB to serial adapter to connect to serial device. I have HL-340 USB to serial adapter, and the driver is lost :(. After searching, I found it here and here.

Extract the compressed file, double click on installation package, plug your adapter. This driver support Windows 98 and XP.

Good luck.

How To Change MAC Address in Windows XP

Here its some method to change network interface MAC Address in Windows XP.You may need to change your "online identity".

Microsoft Outlook crash while download email

A friend of mine got problem with his Microsoft Outlook; Outlook crash and ask to restart while downloading email. I try to googling and found that its caused by outlfltr.dll has error and need to be replaced with new fresh one. You may download it here, in .zip format.

Acer 4738Z Windows XP full driver

My Acer 4738z got crash, and I need reinstalled Windows XP. But... Acer doesn't support officialy for WIndows XP hardware driver, what a pity.

I goggling and find some its drivers, back up for next time I need. You may download it here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zsiibnotvt98g3b/acer%204738z%20driver%20xp.zip.

This Windows XP drivers collection extracted from my friend's laptop, you only need to execute dpints.exe to install all driver. I hope it useful.

Windows XP: Printer Preference

Today I get little problem but sucked: I can't print to Xerox FX DocuPrint C1110 on my LAN. It complaints that I try to print on 'Letter' paper while its paper loaded is 'A4' and I set my Excel print page setup is A4 too.Whew...

Microsoft Office 2007 Error: Cannot initialize Microsoft Office shared utilities

My laptop get error, this Mirosoft Office Outlook 2007 can not started with error message below:

Maintain Your Computer With CCleaner

CCleaner provides one stop solution for computer maintenance. It support Windows XP, Windows 7, windows Vista and Mac. Unlike its competitor, CCleaner has more features. Most of Windows maintenance software release their free software only with limited features such as registry cleaner, system start-up, cleaning browser chache etc. But CCleaner offers more advance features in free standard edition, some of them:

Windows Xp: Block Unwanted Website With DNS

I write about using Nawala DNS to protect our network/home computer from bad sites. We other option to accomplish this, by edit Windows XP DNS system directly. Open your Widows Explorer, go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc, open hosts file with notepad.

Useful DOS net Command

Some example DOS net command I usually use:
Adding user: net user [username] [password] /ADD
Delete user: net user [username] /DELETE
Starting service: net start [servicename]
Stoping service:  [servicename]
Adding administrator account: net localgroup administrators [username]  /ADD

Example adding administrator account via net command

I hope it useful :)

Backup Microsoft Office Outlook Email

We learn how to backup Microsoft Outlook Express on our previous lessons. Now, we will learn how to backup Microsoft Office Outlook Email file. The process is similar.

Windows XP: Change IP Address With DOS netsh Command Line

I often need to change my laptop IP Address. While at office, I use DHCP, and set IP static while I at site to do Telecom Eqipment commissioning. I usually use DOS command line to change IP address with netsh command. View example bellow.

Keep Dial-Up Connection Alive

My Internet dial-up connection, eg. via GSM modem or fixed-line phone modem, will become slower after several inactivity period. To keep maintain my connection speed, I usually ping the DNS server of my ISP simultaneously. On DOS command line type: ping (ISP DNS) -t, view example below:

Backup Microsoft Outlook Express Email

My work relies on email as primary stuff. Project assignment, invoicing etc use email as communication tools. So,  I often backup my email file regularly. Outlook Express is my email client of choice. Its simple and ready to use along Windows XP default email client. Slide below instructs how to backup email file in Outlook Express.

Linux Di Virtualbox: Install SAMBA dengan SWAT

Continuing article Linux on Virtualbox, we will learn how to install configure SAMBA and SWAT (web based configuration tool for SAMBA). Remember , that I put ISO image of CentOS on my hardisk, so I set as following image below:

Windows XP: error Windows Installer Cant Be Accessed

My friend's laptop with Windows XP can not install the program, its error message "Windows Installer service can not be accessed blah blah". Several ways have been tried, including:

-Turn service: in the Start> Run: net start msiserver press OK, fixed the same error appears.
-Enable Windows Installer service manually: Start> Control Panel> Performance and Maintenance> Administrative Tools> Services, appeared "specified path cannot be accessed blah blah". Checked the service properties, the paths leading to a temporary folder.

To change the path Start > Run type regedit > OK. Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSIServer right click on ImagePath > Modify insert: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /V

ImagePath entry point to wrong path.

ImagePath has been corrected.

Entry registry after editing, close.

Windows Installer service fix

Got it, now Windows XP can install the program again.