Unlock MiTraveler or other Tablets

There is very little helpful information about the MiTraveler device.  So I will attempt to save you hours upon hours of search and experimenting.

Just to clear this up in your mind:  I was not able to have any success using the reset button or any of the other key combinations to reset the device.

I was able to unlock this tablet for a client using the following instructions (It is very technical but it works!):


Requirements

• PC or Laptop with a working OS (I used Linux, however you can use OSX or Windows) 
• Android SDK.http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• Connect android device via usb to your PC 

You will be using adb commands from the SDK to reset the device locks.


To run the adb-commands you have to change to the platform-tools directory in your android-sdk (/path/to/your/android-sdk/platform-tools).


Now you can use the following commands:
adb devices # verifies your device is connected
adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update secure set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
update secure set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
.quit
exit
adb reboot

Now your device is unlocked. If not use adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key

Resources for this post:
https://maxoberberger.net/blog/2013/08/unlock-android-device-using-adb/
http://my.oschina.net/zhuzihasablog/blog/97924

SBS 2008 - Multiple Email Domains with Send As

Here are the steps I took to get this working with Windows SBS 2008.

To setup SBS for multiple domains go here:

1. Add the group using the SBS Group wizard (be thought full with this name as it will be used as the email name when the email is sent)

2. Open the Exchange Console from the start menu

3. Click Recipient Configuration and double click to edit your newly created group.

4. Click Email addresses and add the email address for the new domain. Remove the check mark for automatically update policy. And click "Set as Reply"

5. You need to now grant "send-as" rights to the end user(s). Right click the "exchange management shell" from the start menu and select runas administrator.

6. run the following command with your sepecific options:

Add-ADPermission "YourGroupHere" -User "EndUserHere" -ExtendedRights send-as

That was it!

Now - be sure your secondary domain is setup and working before attempting these steps.

Tech Support Jobs / Contracts and Projects

If you are looking to freelance or do contract Desktop / Server Tech Support work; here are some sites that might interest you: (Start a business and work from home!)

Pay per assignment:
www.computerassistant.com

www.onforce.com

www.fieldsolutions.com

www.fieldnation.com

www.craigslist.com

www.plumchoice.com

www.Geeks-In-Route.Com

www.geeksquad.com

Remote Support:
www.crossloop.com

Create your Own Remote Support Tool:
www.uvnc.com (pchelpware)

www.craigslist.com (list yourself!)


Desktop support Jobs can be hard to find these day, so why create your own!

Windows unable to Map Drives using Domain Group Policy

I recently came across this issue while setting up a Windows SBS 2008 Server domain. I have a mix of Windows XP and Vista workstations that connect to the domain for email and files services.

After setting up a GPO to map shares on the server, I got varied results. After relocating the GPO to a higher level container, I consistently got one drive to map, but not the others. After trying different GPO settings, I had no luck until I checked the event viewer and found the bellow error:

On VISTA:
Group Policy object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x800704c3 Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again.'

Solution:
During the migration from my Linux server to the SBS, I had created Drive mappings with the GPO to map to the linux server. After moving all the data, I changed the GPO dive mappings, however I noticed after saving the settings that the password field still had an entry. All attempts to remove failed. So the solution was to remove the drive mapping and add it.

Speed Up Your Windows XP

Squeeze every once of memory and optimization to get your XP running faster!

I found this posting on the Net and it works!

http://stevestechguide.com/ultimate-windows-xp-optimization-tweak-guide/

Dont know which Linux to Try?

I have tried quite a few Linux over the many years of using it and trying to find the easiest "FREE" version.

I have tried Lindows(now Linspire, soon to be Xandros), Fedora, Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu, Mandrake (now Mandriva) and some others that will show my age. Now enters Linux Mint (Thanks to my Bud Phil that told me about it), try it out...if you are a linux fan, you wont be disappointed.

Let's Get to it!

gOS - Have you tried it? Is this Google's OS? Why is it so hush hush?

I may have a few idea's on that, but since I am testing it now, let me save my comments for later.

Check it out - it runs on everything I have installed it on so far, even Virtual Box and QEMU.

http://www.thinkgos.com/downloads

If you are a techie - this is a must try!