Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Android MediaMonkey sync issues

Android OS (Up to at least Froyo 2.2) exhibits a bug 
with MediaMonkey causing synchronization to copy tracks to the device's

root directory, ignoring the destination mask.  The sync may also be 
incomplete. A generalized fix is not yet available, however, a workaround 
that is specific to these devices is to modify the MediaMonkey.ini file by
adding the following at the bottom of the file:

[WMDM]

COMApartmentThreading=1
 
Via MM Supportbase
 
Default location for the ini file:

MediaMonkey 3.0:

o Windows 7 / Vista:

   C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\MediaMonkey\MM.DB
   C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\MediaMonkey\MediaMonkey.ini

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Dell Latitude XT Clicking Issues in Firefox & OneNote

With the faulty N-Trig drivers, sometimes clicking inside Firefox, OneNote 2007, and maybe other programs, a left click will act like a drag-and-drop rather than a selection.
 
To fix:


  1. Click Start, Run, type regedit, and click ok (acknowledge the Vista UAC prompt if it comes up).
  2. In the registry editor, navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop"
  3. Locate the DragHeight and DragWidth values in the right hand pane
  4. Select the DragHeight value, click the Edit menu, and select Modify (you can double click as well to modify)
  5. In the Value Data field, type 4 and click ok. IMPORTANT! You need to do this step even if the registry editor already shows the value as 4!
  6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 with the DragWidth field.
  7. Logoff or reboot your computer.

How To fix "BOOTMGR is missing" error

After installing Windows 7 and Vista with multiple hard drives installed, I often find this error after restarting the computer.

BOOTMGR is missing. Press <ctrl>-<alt>-<del> to restart

This is caused by another bootrec being present, usually on another hard drive than the one that Windows is installed on.

To Fix:
  1. Disconnect all hard drives
  2. Boot with Windows Installation disc
  3. Select "Repair your computer"
  4. Choose "Startup Repair"
  5. Verify the computer boots without installation disc
  6. Turn off computer and re-connect hard drive(s).