How to fix Windows XP Bluescreen Error 0x0000007B

Posted by Raffael on 01/21/201301/21/2013 Posted in Tutorials Tagged 0x0000007B, AHCI, Bluescreen, IDE, Windows XP

Meanwhile I’m going three tracks on my laptop. This means concretely – Windows 7, Windows XP and Linux Mint 12 are bid me welcome every time I boot my laptop.
After installing Windows XP, however, I was faced with a blue screen and the following error message at the first boot:
Stop: 0x0000007B
I was on the point of doing to install XP again, when I found a solution which is much more convenient. In the BIOS of my laptop the SATA AHCI mode was set. Switching to the IDE mode brought the desired success. XP simply isn’t delivered with an AHCI compliant driver.
Greetings,
Raffi

Mail from Far East – Accessories for the Samsung Galaxy S2 at a bargain price

Posted by Raffael on 01/18/2013 Posted in News & Apps, Personal stuff

Airmail Hong Kong Today I received the long-awaited package – but but let’s take one thing at a time…
For some time, I am the proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy S2. And so my beloved smartphone even longer remains such beatiful, I bought a whole bunch of accessories on Ebay some weeks ago. Actually I just wanted a case, but I’m a penny pincher and therefore I ordered the following package. (For the case, that the link doesn’t work any longer, I have even made you a screenshot.) The package contained the following items:

3x protective foils
1x car charger
1x USB connection cable
1x car mount (with suction cup)
2x styluses (of course for capacitive screens)
4x silicone soft cases
1x silicone case with built-in stand
1x rubber case
1x flipcase (a “cover with lid”)
1x wristband with pocket (e.g. for sports)
2x batterys
1x battery-pack charger (including […]

MySpace Loader – a free and easy to use myspace.com downloader

Posted by Raffael on 01/17/201304/05/2013 Posted in Downloads Tagged free music, freeware, how to download music from myspace, Musicjacker, MySpace Downloader, MySpace Loader, myspace music download, Myspace ripper

Proudly I like to present to you the MySpace Loader. With the MySpace Loader you can, as the name implies, download music from MySpace. The program allows you to download multiple songs at once, is able to convert them into different formats and optionally equip them with ID3 tags. The whole thing is, as well as the Cloud Downloader, free. (Nevertheless I’m happy about every donation from you.) The download link can be found below the YouTube video in this article.
Features:

Downloads every song
Converts music to .mp3, .aac, .wma or .ogg
It’s totally free (not even ads!)
Quick, easy and clear structured

How to build a low-cost GSM door opener

Posted by Raffael on 01/15/2013 Posted in Tutorials Tagged diy, diy door opener, diy gsm door opener, door opener, howto, low-cost, low-cost door opener, nokia 6230, remote door opener

In the last days I once again tinkered a bit. Certainly more bad than good, but where are no professional tools, there won’t be high quality. But the ultimately goal was not a professional product, but rather a simple and cheap solution. But what is it all about?
The product of my tinkering is a low-cost GSM door opener. That is simplified a small device, that opens your door when you call it and may bring the costs next to nothing. And now a little about the implementation …
Anyone who wants to get an overview about the project, can view the following video, which I made from the final product.

To build a similiar application you need the following components:

Nokia 6230i
12V relay (a 5V relay would be better, but I had none)
Connector strips
A few wires

First I disassembled the phone and removed the vibration motor. To the now vacant contacts on the phone board […]

How to solve representation/encoding errors in C# Winforms applications

Posted by Raffael on 01/14/2013 Posted in C#.Net, Tutorials Tagged Arial Unicode MS, C#, C# encoding, c# representation error, c# unicode characters, setcompatibletextrenderingdefault, setcompatibletextrenderingdefault c#, test

I know the title of this post hurts, but I wasn’t able to describe the problem with fewer words. But let us get to the point. As part of the development of my cloud downloader I encountered (among much others) the following problem. Korean characters were displayed as blank boxes, even though they were shown in the source code editor correctly. Those of you, who wonder now, from where you can get the Korean characters on your keyboard, should just stop by Google Translate. (The screenshot below illustrates the problem once again. Please click to enlarge the image.)
Koreanische Zeichen falsche Darstellung
On the Internet I found only very few solutions. And almost all were, in my opinion, rather suboptimal. In most cases the following solution was proposed:
It is recommended that you call the SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault() method with the parameter true. In […]