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OmniTouch: Wearable Multitouch Interaction Everywhere

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Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon Human Computer Interaction Institute, together with Microsoft have developed a new system called the OmniTouch which has been designed to transform any surface into a touchscreen device.

The system consists of a pico projector and a motion detector that is mounted on to the users shoulder. It then projects a user interface onto any surface that is in front of the user, be it a user’s hand, notepad or anything else, enabling the users to then interact with the interface via touch.

Find very comprehensive information here ~ http://goo.gl/MAQb4

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Fix Outlook ActiveX Error When Creating A New E-mail

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When opening a new e-mail in Outlook an error may appear:

One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed because either:

1) Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page, or

2) You have blocked a publisher of one of the controls.

As a result, the page may not display correctly.

Most people have no idea why it suddenly starts showing up, or what changed to cause it.  Outlook itself seems to be very unhelpful in correcting it.  This error is most often caused by a problem with a created signature for Outlook.

To fix:

  1. Find where Outlook stores your signatures.
    • Vista: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures
    • XP-2003: %userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures
  2. Click on Start - Then RUN - and type in the appropriate line above and click OK.
  3. You should see 3 files created for your signature file (in .htm, .txt and .rtf formats). If you can’t see the file extensions, go to Tools / Folder Options / View and untick ‘Hide extensions for known file types’, or right-click the file and select ‘Properties’ to determine the file type.
  4. Open the .htm file in Notepad or another text editor
  5. go to Edit > Find and type in “object” (without quotes)
  6. You should see a line SIMILAR  to <OBJECT id=ieooui classid=clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D></OBJECT>
  7. Delete everything between and including <OBJECT> and </OBJECT>
  8. Save the file

When you go back to Outlook and create a new e-mail, you should no longer get the error message.

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Windows XP "No Audio Device" Error.

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If you've already installed drivers for your soundcard in Windows XP, but the "Sound and Audio Devices" in Control Panel still claims you have "No Audio Device" installed, these instructions should fix the problem.  I'm putting them here because I *HATE* this problem, and the only solution you find for it is usually "Format and Reinstall", which too often isn't an option.  2 solutions to repair windows audio:

Solution #1

  1. Find the machine.inf file in C:\Windows\inf and copy it to a different location.
  2. Open the copied machine.inf in Windows Notepad
  3. Find the line "ExcludeFromSelect=*"  and put a ; in the front of the line.
  4. Save/Close the file
  5. In Control Panel choose Add New Hardware
  6. Choose "Yes, I have already connected the hardware"
  7. Choose "Add a new hardware device"
  8. Choose "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)
  9. Choose "Show All Devices"
  10. Choose "Have Disk"
  11. Point to the edited machine.inf
  12. Choose "Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator"
  13. Click Next and finish the installation
  14. Windows may end up installing other devices after the install.  Once done, check and see if your sound works again.

Solution #2

  1. If the above doesn't work Open System Properties
  2. Goto the Advanced Tab
  3. Click the "Environment Variables" Button
  4. Under the User variables click New and create a variable named "devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices"
  5. Click OK
  6. Open Device Manager
  7. Choose View then "Show Hidden Devices"
  8. Under "Sound, Video, and Game Controllers"  remove: -- Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter --Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device --Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer --Microsoft WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver
  9. Select the Action Menu and choose "Scan for Hardware Changes"
  10. Install the devices detected
  11. You may need to reinstall the soundcard drivers and reboot the machine at this point
  12. Hopefully your sound works now.

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Update Windows XP From A CD

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Project Dakota is a easy way to update Windows XP. It is a CD that contains all the updates found on the Windows Update Website, including Service Pack 2, with a small standalone programs that run the updates in the order specified by Microsoft according to the order set by Microsoft.
Since the AutoPatcher project has been shut down by Microsoft, this is the best alternative so far.  Easily download and run on as many computers as you need to update. Project Dakota

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Microsoft Windows Vista Tweak Guide

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With every new operating system, there is a new tweak guide to get the most speed/reliability/ease/security out of it.  TechSpot has come out with it's Microsoft Windows Vista Tweak Guide that anyone running Windows Vista should at least read through.  There's some simple tweaks as well as registry editing tweaks that will help people get the most of the operating system. TechSpot's Windows Vista Tweak Guide

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