i have tried most of the solution i found on google.
but i decided to just remove the display driver from intel and let it detect and install the driver by itself.
what i did was go to start, right click on 'computer'.select 'properties'.
on the window that opens, on the left pane, click 'device manager'.
open 'display adapters', it should show the display card. right click on that item and click on 'uninstall'.
windows will ask you to restart computer. do that. and when it comes back on, it will detect the display driver by itself and install it.
windows will ask you to restart again. do that.
then the intel display driver was replaced by the driver that's signed by microsoft.
i actually like it better because there's no 'intel hd graphic menu' running on startup.
UPDATE:
i have updated to the new driver, dated 11/16/2012.
after update, the message "gfxui has stopped working" popped up again.
simple go to start, in search, type 'msconfig' and enter to open up msconfig.
then click 'startup' tab to disable all intel related apps 'gfxui'. there're 3 of them.
that solved the problem.
pc problems, software questions, etc... the problems solved. just to keep track of them. and maybe help others who might be having the same problem and looking for a solution.
Solution to eliminating the default SimSun font in MS Word even using Pinyin IME
this is so awesome i have to post about it.
i have been bothered with word 2010 when typing chinese, the font would automatically revert to simsum no matter what you do. no matter what setting you change.
then finally this solution came up.
thanks to the guy who figured it out.
just follow the instruction.
the logic is to change pinyin IME to another category. in my case is changing google pinyin to chinese (traditional) category.
and then the problem was solved.
here is the link,
Solution to eliminating the default SimSun font in MS Word even using Pinyin IME
If you type Chinese in MS Word 2003 using Pinyin IME, SimSun will always be the default font no matter what the current font is. Microsoft tried to be smart to set the font by detecting your IME. But I would rather use Microsoft JhengHei font in MS Word 200 by default.
The solution is to change the IME to a different language.
If you installed QQ pinyin, just search for "qqpinyin" in your registry. ( You can open it by "regedit.exe") Or you can search for "google pinyin" or something else. Then find
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\E0200804
The last E0200804 may be different by your IME. But last four digits 0804 stands for Chinese(PRC). 0404 stands for Chinese(Taiwan). 0409 stands for English(US). Change 0804 to 0404 or 0409. It is also possible to let the IME belong to English category and you will find something very interesting in MS word when typing.
Log off and log on. Then add your IME from the control panel. Now the pinyin IME is under the Chinese(Taiwan) category or English(US)
If you use this pinyin IME in your word, SimSun will not automatically appear.
i have been bothered with word 2010 when typing chinese, the font would automatically revert to simsum no matter what you do. no matter what setting you change.
then finally this solution came up.
thanks to the guy who figured it out.
just follow the instruction.
the logic is to change pinyin IME to another category. in my case is changing google pinyin to chinese (traditional) category.
and then the problem was solved.
here is the link,
Solution to eliminating the default SimSun font in MS Word even using Pinyin IME
If you type Chinese in MS Word 2003 using Pinyin IME, SimSun will always be the default font no matter what the current font is. Microsoft tried to be smart to set the font by detecting your IME. But I would rather use Microsoft JhengHei font in MS Word 200 by default.
The solution is to change the IME to a different language.
If you installed QQ pinyin, just search for "qqpinyin" in your registry. ( You can open it by "regedit.exe") Or you can search for "google pinyin" or something else. Then find
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\E0200804
The last E0200804 may be different by your IME. But last four digits 0804 stands for Chinese(PRC). 0404 stands for Chinese(Taiwan). 0409 stands for English(US). Change 0804 to 0404 or 0409. It is also possible to let the IME belong to English category and you will find something very interesting in MS word when typing.
Log off and log on. Then add your IME from the control panel. Now the pinyin IME is under the Chinese(Taiwan) category or English(US)
If you use this pinyin IME in your word, SimSun will not automatically appear.
allow right click on Firefox 3
Firefox 3 does not support the extension "always allow right click." To enable this feature, go to Tools->Options->Content-Advanced and unclick "Disable or replace context menus."
this information comes from here (Iyov)
this information comes from here (Iyov)
celtx customize typeset
i love celtx. it's a great open source software to write a screenplay.
but i have always wanted to be able to change font size or border when using typeset to generate PDF files. however, it was not possible to do so, because there's no function designed for it. in the discussion forum they also stated it's currently not able to do so.
but i have figured out a work around to make it possible.
first go download PDFcreator. it's also an open source software. free.
after downloaded it, just click on the exe file and install it.
then open up your script in celtx. in script mode, go to file/print preview. now click on 'page setup', and select tab 'margins & header/footer'.
here you can adjust where you want the border and the header, footer. after you finished adjustments, click ok. the script will auto adjust according to the parameter you set.
when you are happy with the setting, click 'print'.
in the popup menu, select drop down menu to choose printer 'PDFcreator'.
name the pdf file and save it to whereever you like on your computer.
there you go. done.
but i have always wanted to be able to change font size or border when using typeset to generate PDF files. however, it was not possible to do so, because there's no function designed for it. in the discussion forum they also stated it's currently not able to do so.
but i have figured out a work around to make it possible.
first go download PDFcreator. it's also an open source software. free.
after downloaded it, just click on the exe file and install it.
then open up your script in celtx. in script mode, go to file/print preview. now click on 'page setup', and select tab 'margins & header/footer'.
here you can adjust where you want the border and the header, footer. after you finished adjustments, click ok. the script will auto adjust according to the parameter you set.
when you are happy with the setting, click 'print'.
in the popup menu, select drop down menu to choose printer 'PDFcreator'.
name the pdf file and save it to whereever you like on your computer.
there you go. done.
sony vaio laptop audio problem
i recently installed windows xp pro on my sony vaio laptop VGN-S series.
everything went well. i made the system restore cds and searched online for step by step instructions.
there's only one problem. there was no sound.
(initially, the modem was not working either.)
i checked the system profile, it indicated that the audio high definition device has no driver.
after some googling, i found out there's xp sp2 updates needed to be installed.
the updates are kb835221 and kb888111. they can be found through google.
here is another copy of kb888111 xpsp2, if the other one doesn't work.
so what i did was uninstalled audio device from system profile. reboot. run kb835221, then run kb888111 xpsp2. (the kb888111 didn't work for my laptop. don't know why.)
then run the audio driver from system restore disk. which can be found in folder
vaio\Drivers\Audio
after installed the driver, reboot.
that solved my problem.
everything went well. i made the system restore cds and searched online for step by step instructions.
there's only one problem. there was no sound.
(initially, the modem was not working either.)
i checked the system profile, it indicated that the audio high definition device has no driver.
after some googling, i found out there's xp sp2 updates needed to be installed.
the updates are kb835221 and kb888111. they can be found through google.
here is another copy of kb888111 xpsp2, if the other one doesn't work.
so what i did was uninstalled audio device from system profile. reboot. run kb835221, then run kb888111 xpsp2. (the kb888111 didn't work for my laptop. don't know why.)
then run the audio driver from system restore disk. which can be found in folder
vaio\Drivers\Audio
after installed the driver, reboot.
that solved my problem.
sony vaio laptop --- reinstall xp
to reinstall xp home, just press F10 after start up.
it will bring up a menu, from there choose reinstall xp.
it will bring up a menu, from there choose reinstall xp.
sony vaio laptop ---enable full screen from start up
how to enable full screen from the beginning of the splash screen:
1. press F2 when the windows start up.
2. let it go into BIOS
3. change the display option to 'yes' for enabling full screen
4. save and restart the computer
1. press F2 when the windows start up.
2. let it go into BIOS
3. change the display option to 'yes' for enabling full screen
4. save and restart the computer
dual boot: sata drive & IDE drive
I set first boot to SCSI, and it worked. I have all the newest drivers, and BIOS. Everything works now. windows saw the drive, so I'm good. Thanks for the help
The first link solved the problem. It appears that the BIOS doesn't behave as it should do. When you have both an IDE and SATA drive installed, you must disable the IDE detection in the BIOS and all is then well.
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33492/
Your SATA drive isn't on an IDE Channel its on a SCSI controller. Set your bootable drive to SCSI in the BIOS.
http://www.computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/30306.html
I set first boot to SCSI, and it worked. I have all the newest drivers, and BIOS. Everything works now. windows saw the drive, so I'm good. Thanks for the help
The first link solved the problem. It appears that the BIOS doesn't behave as it should do. When you have both an IDE and SATA drive installed, you must disable the IDE detection in the BIOS and all is then well.
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33492/
Your SATA drive isn't on an IDE Channel its on a SCSI controller. Set your bootable drive to SCSI in the BIOS.
http://www.computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/30306.html
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