Distorted Display of Microstation on PC or Laptop

I was installing Microstation V8i in my Laptop because the PC which I used to use for my design had been used continuously by my wife for her Nursing print outs. So in order not to bother her I figured I just probably have the Microstation installed in my Laptop. So I did install the Microstation and was so happy I could continue with my work on my laptop. But to my dismay it was not displaying right. Once I loaded the file and start moving the cursor it creates multiple static images, a total distortion. 

At first I thought the graphics driver wasn't functioning right so I downloaded the latest driver from HP and restarted my laptop. I run the Microstation again and loaded the file but still the same. I did a little bit of googling and I came accross this forum talking about Improving graphics in Microstation V8i. Rodwing suggested to turn off the hardware acceleration which what he usually did with all the display trouble he encountered in Laptops and PCs. Again google had served me another page on turning off the hardware acceleration to improve video quality. 

I came up here with my own steps to follow to rectify this issue especially for those having still the XP Operating system.

Go to your Desktop and right click Properties.

Once you have the Display Properties Window activate Settings tab and click Advance Button.

At the Advance Properties Window Go to the TroubleShoot Tab and slide the hardware accleration to None. Click Apply and hit OK. You might have to hit OK again for whatever windows that may popup. 

Enjoy! Here is the rectified display I had after turning off the hardware acceleration

    

This tutorial is also listed in anatikey.cartizgis.com where you might be able to find other relevant tips with your PC, Powerpoint or excel stuffs.

Telus Fiber Optic Birthday a $420 Dollar Savings for Family

To all families and friends who are with Shaw cable, check out your latest mail from Telus. They are celebrating their 1 year Fiber Optic Birthday and is giving a bundle of Fiber Optic services for Internet, TV and Phones. This is really a pretty good deal as you can save more than 50% of your usual expenses on TV, Internet and phone bundle from your cable provider for the period of six month and around 15% thereafter. Other than that they are also giving away Xbox 360 and PVR for the package. It might not be for everyone as the older communities of Alberta may still have the old Copper Cable connections. But for those whose areas especially the new communities in NW you can easily be eligible. Please check more in Anatikey's Telus fiber optic services news report.

Microsoft Tells Word Users To Play It Safe

Alex Bard
Staff Writer
Published: 2006-05-24

In this ever-changing world in which we live in, sometimes it's comforting to know that some things never seem to change. Puppies are still cute, Paul McCartney keeps making music and Microsoft has discovered another huge security flaw in one of their most often-used applications.

Cnetnews.com reports that Symantec issued a warning that a security hole in Microsoft Word renders computer users to cyberattack.

Would-be intruders already have attempted to compromise PCs at a Japanese government entity by exploiting the flaw, Vincent Weafer, the senior director at Symantec Security Response, said in an interview. In response, Symantec has raised its ThreatCon to Level 2, which means an outbreak is expected.

Microsoft responded quickly and differently from the previous fixes they've given for their other potential security breaches. This time, they advised that they probably wouldn't have a fix until the June 13 security updates are released, or perhaps sooner, if warranted.

"What we're seeing is a continuation of the targeted threat using zero-day vulnerabilities," Weafer said. (Zero-day flaws are ones for which no patch exists.)

Microsoft advised users to run Word in the "safe mode". That won't fix the hole, "but it will help block known modes of attack," Microsoft said in a security advisory published late Monday. The software maker is also developing a security update for Word.

Using "safe mode" is a two-step process. The first part involves disabling the use of Word as an e-mail client, the second is appending "/safe" to the command line that starts Word. Microsoft provides instructions for home and enterprise users in its security advisory. (Click on "security advisory" link listed above.)

News of the Word flaw and attack surfaced last week. Word 2002 and Word 2003 are vulnerable, but Word 2000 is not, Microsoft said. For an attack to be carried out, a PC user must open a malicious Word document sent in an e-mail or otherwise provided by an attacker, it said.

Aside from changing the way Word runs, people can protect their systems by being careful in the opening of Word documents received as an unexpected e-mail attachment, Microsoft said.

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Reference: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20060524MicrosoftTellsWordUserstoPlayItSafe.html

AMD vs. Intel: 64-bit Windows Dual-Core Shootout

Part II: Gunfight at the 64-Bit Corral
When it looked like AMD was going to render Intel's multibillion dollar IA64 effort (aka Itanium) irrelevant with its brassy push into 64-bit computing using an extended x86 architecture, Intel responded with EM64T. When it was first revealed that Intel had an x86-64 project in the works, codenamed Yamhill, the company at first denied the project's existence. Eventually, though, EM64T surfaced, and it proved to be a near-clone of AMD's x86-64. There are some subtle differences in calling conventions between the two processors, but the differences are slight enough that compatibility isn't usually a worry.

Last week in Part I, we took a look at the AMD dual-core Athlon 64 X2 4800's performance on 64-bit Windows. As it turned out, Windows XP Pro X64 ran most 32-bit applications just fine on the X2 4800, and 64-bit code showed a few modest performance gains.

Our article generated considerable interest in the community at large. We received several interesting emails on the topic. One of the most salient was from Joe Landman of Scalable Informatics. Scalable ran a variety of 32-bit-vs-64-bit tests on Opteron CPUs. Although somewhat synthetic, the tasks run were applicable to certain types of scientific computing. SI found that 64-bit code was almost always faster than 32-bit code, when properly written.

David Wren of Passmark Software, an Australian utility software company, echoed those findings, and allowed us to use Passmark's Performance Test, which is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. PPT is synthetic in nature, but can yield interesting results that point to potential theoretical gains with 64-bit code.

Given Intel's renewed focus on both 64-bit x86, coupled with its rapid, if somewhat improvisational, push into dual-core processing, we wanted to see just how well Intel's dual-core processors fared with 64-bit Windows relative to AMD's best. So we loaded up a system with an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840 and took it for a spin. Intel is nothing if not a fierce competitor, so let's see how the dust settles. Continued...

PLDT VIBE Dialer

How to Configure your Dialer for Windows 95/98

1. Double click "My Computer" on your PC Desktop.
2. Double click the "Dial-up Networking" folder.
3. Double-click "Make New Connection".
4. Type "PLDT VIBE" on space provided. Select the right modem and click "Next".
5. Type 101333 in Telephone Number field, click "Next", then "Finish".
6. Go back to the Dial-up Networking folder and right click on PLDT VIBE dialer and select "Properties".
7. Uncheck the "Use Area Code and Dialing Properties" check box.
8. Select the "Server Types" tab.
9. Make sure that the "Type of Dial-up Server" uses PPP and that the only items that are checked are "Enable Software Compression" and "TCP/IP". Click "OK".
10. Right click on the PLDT VIBE dialer again and select "Create Shortcut". When asked, click "Yes" to create the shortcut on your Desktop.

How to Configure your Dialer for Windows2000

1. Right click on "My Network Places" and choose "Properties".
2. Double Click on "Make New Connection" and click "Next".
3. In the Network Connection Type, mark the option "Dial Up to the Internet" then click "Next".
4. In the Welcome to the Internet connection Wizard, mark the option "I want to set-up my Internet Connection Manually." Then click "Next".
5. When asked "How do you connect to the Internet?" choose "I connect through a phone line and a modem." Then click "Next".
6. Choose a modem to connect to the Internet and click "Next" again.
7. Type the phone number: "101333".Then, uncheck the option "Use area code and dialing properties. Click "Next".
8. Type the user name and password and click "Next".
9. Type "PLDT Vibe" for connection name then click "Next" again.
10. When prompted with "Do you want to setup an Internet mail account now?" choose "NO".

How to Configure your Dialer for Windows ME

1. Double click on "My Computer" then the "Control Panel".
2. Click on "Dial Up Networking" and open "Make New Connection".
3. If prompted with "Type the name of the computer you are dialing", type "PLDT Vibe" and click "Next".
4. Type the Telephone number: 101333, click "Next" and then "Finish".
5. An icon named "PLDT Vibe" will appear, right click on it and choose "Properties"
6. When the window "PLDT Vibe" appears, choose the "General" tab and uncheck the option "Use area code and dialing properties".
7. Now click on the "Networking" tab. In the Advanced Option, mark only the "Enable Software compression" and only "TCP/IP" in the Allowed Network Protocols.
8. Click "OK".

How to Configure your Dialer for Windows XP

1. Click "Start" and select "Control Panel"
2. If in "Category View", click "Network and Internet Connections" and then click "Network Connections" ; or if in "Classic View", double click "Network Connections" icon.
3. Click "Create New Connection" from Network Task.
4. On Wizard Page, click "Next".
5. Click "Connect to the Internet" then click "Next".
6. Click "Set-up My Connection Manually" and then click "Next"
7. Click "Connect using Dial-up Modem" and then click "Next"
8. Type "PLDT Vibe" in the ISP name field and then click "Next"
9. Type "101333" in the dial-up telephone number field and then click "Next".
10. Leave the Username and Password on the required dialer fields blank and click "Next"
11. Click the box for "Add a Shortcut to this connection to my desktop" and click "Finish".

How to Configure your Dialer for Macintosh OS 8

1. Click the Apple menu, and then select the Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel, go to TCP/IP.
3. Click connect via PPP server.
4. Type the following in the Name Server Address:
5. Close the window, then Save.
6. Go to the Apple menu again, to the Control Panel.
7. In the Control Panel, select Remote Access or PPP.
8. Type the User Name and Password.

Type also the phone number: 101333, and then click on Connect.
Reference: http://www.pldtvibe.com/prepaid/usersguide.html

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