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Nokia: Format Symbian S60 in E71

Got a problem with my phone: I couldn't unlock it by pressing the usual buttons. Before defining whether it's the hardware or not, I decided to format my phone believing the software was the problem. Environment : Nokia E71, Symbian O/S S60 - Turn off your mobile. - Press 4 buttons at the same time: Button to answer the phone, 3, * and Turn On/Off That's it! The phone got restarted and you configure your phone from the beginning. Reference:  http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81021

Thunderbird: Remove e-Mail password

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I stored e-Mail for more than 10 years from Outlook to Thunderbird and changing to Gmail for managing in one place. All the e-Mail database are in Thunderbird format. I still need to keep them for reading purpose but without downloading more e-Mail to Thunderbird. Therefore, I need to remove the password for those e-Mail accounts in Thunderbird not to let it access to the account. You also can use these steps to change your password as well. Environment : Thunderbird 8.0 - Open Thunderbird. From the menu, click at "Tools" and select "Options...". - There will be "Options" pop-up window, click at "Security" menu. Then, select "Passwords" tab and click at "Saved Passwords..." button. - "Saved Passwords" pop-up window will be opened. You can select the account that you want to remove the password and click "Remove" button to remove one by one. Or you can just clic

Blogger: Add Share Buttons to your blog

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Since when Blogger has this option, I don't know. But I just notice from other blogger that they have these social buttons. Some people recommended to use "addthis" ( http://guru.google.co.th/guru/thread?tid=0db9089e5573a6c7&clk=wrtpcts3 ) to add those buttons. Anyway, I found that Blogger itself provides the option to show these buttons as well. It's not easy to find them though. So, I blog it. :P - Log in to your Blogger page. In home page, click at "More options" menu and select "Layout". - In "Layout" page, click at "Edit" link in "Blog Posts" section. - In "Configure Blog Posts" pop-up window, check at "Show Share Buttons" option. Scroll down and click at "SAVE" button. The "Share Buttons" will be shown at the end of your post.

Oracle: How to get Oracle 11g database to support your language

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To change Oracle database to support character in other language, you need to change it's Character Set. In the older version of Oracle such as version 7, you can update value of Character Set in PROPS$. But in newer version such as Oracle 11g, it need you to update straight to the property of the database. Environment :       Server side: Oracle 11g       Client side: Microsoft Windows 7, Oracle Client 11g At server side: - Log in to SQL*Plus as SYSDBA.             CONNECT /@ AS SYSDBA     Example:  SQL> CONNECT /@BLUEBALL AS SYSDBA - Update database property.              ALTER DATABASE CHARACTER SET ;     Example:  SQL> ALTER DATABASE BLUEBALL CHARACTER SET TH8TISASCII;     Note: "TH8TISASCII" is for Thai language. - Shutdown database.              SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE; - Startup database.              STARTUP; At client side: Expect that you already install Oracle Client into your computer. - Click "Start" button of Mic

Windows: Share folder without password

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New Windows has very difficult way to share your folder to friends, of course, because security reason. You may want to go back to the easy way "just share it!". But you still have to consider the risk on your own. Environment: Windows 7 - Open "Windows Explorer", right click at the folder that you want to share. Then, select "Properties". - "Properties" pop-up window will be shown. Select tab "Sharing" and click at "Share..." button. - From "File Sharing" pop-up window, select "Everyone" from drop down list. - Once you select name from drop down list, click at "Add" button to add that name. - Click "Share" button to share to the selected people. Make sure that you give "Read" permission to "Permission Level". - Another window will show that your folder is shared. Click

Google: Turn off 2-Step Verification

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Google announced 2-Step Verification for better security with mobile phone. It's really secure just like banks. The problem might happen with the people who don't want to mess that secure process and want to go back to the normal with only enter password and that's all. Here are the steps to disable 2-Step Verification: - Log in to your Gmail. You still need to put the verification code from your mobile. - Click on your picture on the right-top corner. Then, click "Account settings" link. - In "Account overview", click at "Edit" link in "2-step verification". - Google will show the screen to login again. Enter your password and click "Sign in" button. - Inside 2-step verification screen, click at "Turn off 2-step verification..." link. - There will be "2-step verification" pop-up window inside the screen. Click "Ok&qu