If you are facing issues with MagicJack; like the software keeps on loading then the splash screen disappears then make sure the following things are done :
If you are running skype , close skype first then run MagicJack and if MagicJack's dailing screen appears, then you can turn skype back on . Basically skype is using the same port so if you try running MagicJack after skype , it cannot access that port.
If you are still facing the issue then try deleting the folder For Windows 7 Users : C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\mjusbsp
The newer update of magicJack was having issues (if you had previous one installed on your system) so if you weren't able to run MagicJack with the above steps then after completing first 2 steps , plug-in MagicJack again and after it has installed and created the folder mentioned in step 2 , run upgrade.exe (the file may be hidden so allow hidden files and folder).
Last week Microsoft presented me with a Samsung Focus smartphone that was running a recent pre-release build of Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango.” Mango is the version of the OS that will replace Windows Phone 7, which launched last year.
Windows Phone Mango brings many new things to Microsoft-powered smartphones, as you can see in the video below. From a messaging perspective, you’ll find combined email inboxes, an improved messaging system that lets users switch between text, IM, and Facebook chat on the fly, and new integration of Twitter and LinkedIn into the social aspects of the People app. In this pre-release build I was testing, Twitter and LinkedIn support were missing.
Many other updates are found in the People app, including new group support for mass messaging and email as well as targeted social networking feeds. New check-in support has been added to the phone so that it is now easy to check-in at a restaurant or an event, and social networking photos (with face tagging) are also available within the People app. The Calendar has been updated to includes tasks from Exchange accounts and appointments from Facebook. I’ll reserve final judgement for all of the new social features until after the final product ships, but so far, at least, Microsoft appears to be moving in the right direction.
Search has been extended all around with special handling of movies, products, and places. A new visual search tool can be used to identify items or read bar codes – or even translate text into different languages (think menus). Local Scout makes it easy to find nearby places to go for food, shopping, or entertainment. I’ve always been a fan of Bing, loving its clean look and organized content. Now things are even better.
The new, and much-hyped, task switching and multitasking features are very nice to have, and I’m looking forward to seeing new apps that take advantage of the background audio system and various other APIs that are being made available to developers. Users won’t have access to pure multitasking in the Android sense, but what Microsoft is offering with Mango appears to be a step beyond what Apple offers in iOS. And that’s more than enough multitasking for countless millions of consumers, if Apple’s sales figures indicate anything.
Microsoft has really been touting the Internet Explorer 9 integration in Mango, with its HTML5 support, but users are also going to love the Smart DJ playlists that the Zune player can create, and gamers will approve of the 3D avatar support and Xbox Live messaging that has been added to the Games Hub. IE9 sounds great in theory, but I’m still not convinced that what we get from it is on par with the WebKit browsers offered by Android, iOS, and webOS. It’s good (and very fast), but in a different way that just doesn’t seem quite has handy on a mobile phone.
While Windows Phone will still not suit every potential smartphone user out there, I feel that the changes Microsoft has put into Mango go a long way towards filling any gaps that existed in the initial release of Windows Phone 7. The best part is that while Mango catches up with the other major smartphone operating systems, it still manages to remain true to itself. It’s different, to be sure, but Microsoft’s OS is beautiful, fast, and powerful as well.
You can get a look at all of these features and more by watching the video above. The Mango release of Windows Phone is expected to show up in devices this fall.
Blog Post from : http://www.wowwindows8.com/windows-phone-7-5-mango-preview/
Hey , i was just planning to run Mac on VMWARE ware and to run this newer version of MAC image , i had to uninstall VMWARE 6.5 and install 7.1 and patch it to run this LION version but , thnx to my PC's configuration i couldn't run it (due to no hardware virtualization) .
And today when i was trying to execute my windows phone application , the simulator would crash saying unvalid startup commands... Dont Panic !!! just delete VMWare 7.1 and restart your system and here u go :)
How often we want to create an application which could generate Alarm in the background and play it on the specified time? Once me and my brother were investigating this same task on iPhone and what we found was... the audio won't play for more then 40 seconds . Implementing the same thing on Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) is piece of cake :) Just few lines of code and you are done.
I'll demonstrate how to write a simple program which plays any audio which you want :)
Create a new Project
Select Target Framework as 7.1
In you Main.xaml.cs , include the library "Microsoft.Phone.Scheduler".
I've placed the audio file on the root , if you want you can create a folder as audio and place your file there. Then you should navigate as per your need.
Now write the following code
Alarm myAlarm = new Alarm("mmfAlarmTest");
// You need to specify a name for the alarm
myAlarm.BeginTime = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(1);
// I would like it to play after 1 minute of execution
myAlarm
.Sound = new Uri("/toss-the-feathers.mp3",UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
// Remember my audio file is on the root directory?
ScheduledActionService.Remove("mmfAlarmTest");
// Remove if there exist a similar alarm
ScheduledActionService.Add(myAlarm);
// Register your alarm
And that's it !!! . Test it out and enjoy the fun ;) Using this, you can generate an application which sets alarm through your application
If you want to use the new built-in database in your already created windows phone 7.0 application. You need to do the following things
Change the Framework from 7.0 to 7.1
Add Reference to System.Data.Linq and mscorlib.extensions (most of the websites do not include this, and if you do not add reference to this, you would not be able to implement the interface INotifyPropertyChanging)
Last but not the least , include the following directives
using System.Data.Linq;
using System.Data.Linq.Mapping;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
Now you are good to go :) you may refer to the following link for assistance in creating database and how to use it:
After trying almost everything on net to make Crystal report work , finally i got it working on our Production Server which had the following Configuration
OS : Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)
IIS : 7.5
Just install Crystal Reports Redistributable Package for 64 bit
In IIS, set Application Pool as Classic
Set Allow 32 bit Application as FALSE
Set Connection User as the NetworkService
Assign the userNetworkService to have write access to your Windows/Temp folder.
Assign the user NetworkService to have write access to your Website folder (if you are writting temporary Crystal Reports inside your application folder as we were doing).
And that's it :) after delaying the GO LIVE activity for a week, finally found the above settings can solve the issue :)
My phone starts ringing , i thought it was just the alarm as i had the same
ringtone . so its office time... oh wait.. its a call ? call from Abbas bhai
(my brother-in-law) from Pakistan .. *did the kids dialed it accidently? * . I
waited for couple of more seconds... then OK lets just pick it up...
Abbas Bhai : Murtaza are you awake?
Me : yea was just abt to get up for office
Abbas Bhai : Murtaza ur father's health isn't well. We are in Agha Khan and
they've take him for angioplasty. wait aunty wants to talk.
Mom : *in a low voice* Murtaza .. ya
papa wasn't feeling well so we are here. we woke u up right? ok talk to
Abbas bhai
Me : errr okkay.
Abbas bhai : Murtaza, its better that you come back to Pakistan as earliest
as possible. Conditions is little critical plus ajao toh acha hai . I'm
about to call ur elder bro (Abbas) aswell.
Me : *thinking that i have no idea wat is angioplasty still this is
critical. They would have never asked me to come back even though they know its
my business trip and its a working day and i have arround 15 more days work
left*
Abbas bhai : If you can change your ticket then it would b great else get a
new one ok?
Me : ok *call finished*
*moving from here to there, thinking what to do? Pack my luggage? Call
Project manager that I need to go back? How to get a new ticket? Will my
current will get converted? Do I have enough money to get a new one? Ok I’ll
start dumping my luggage*
I knew my family was alone in khi so who could help them? Give support ? be
my substitute? My friends J just them I smsed my friends (Umair , MIT , Zeeshan)
the people who can arrange a car and reach there asap and inform other close
friends :)
Called Khuzeema bhai to ask him how he used to deal in such situation while
working at Avanza, then called Shoaib (Admin Avanza-ME) then called my current
Project manager and told him the entire scenario and that I have to leave.
*2nd CALL from Pakistan*
Abbas Bhai: Murtaza, did u get the ticket?
Me: Trying to get all the things lined up but I’ll get it somehow.
Abbas bhai: ok get it soon as doctor is taking him for surgery as they can’t do
angioplasty at this stage.
Around 8 DST, when almost everyone had woke up, everyone was trying to help
me to book the tickets. Thanks a million to Sajid Bhai who kept making calls
and at last got me to a conclusion that thought my visa was EMIRATES only but
since I have an emergency and there are no tickets available, I can leave from
PIA but need to send my visa copy to emirates after reaching Pakistan. I can
still remember how I rushed to PIA’s office and booked my ticket. Was dying to
get the ticket and didn’t care about anything. And I finally had my ticket in
hand at 11am DST.
By 11:30/12:00 am my Project manager came to the apartment to get the
updated code which I was supposed to deliver on 26th at the client’s
end. Recharged my mobile balance and spend 2 hours thinking WHAT TO DO NOW… ALL
PACKED.. FLIGHT IS AT 2:30. HOW WILL BE DAD?
Called Karachi that I have my ticket with me and I’ll be reaching around 5:30
PST.
Time: 1 pm
*Umair’s call from Karachi*: hey murti. How’s uncle? I just woke up cuz of Sunday
Me: np bro. but the last time I talked, they were taking him for the
operation.. bro handle things there ok? I’m reaching at 5:30.
Umair: don’t worry bro, we’ll reach asap. And we will pick u up from airport
aswell. No need for taxi
Me: alright. Keep me updated.
I don’t know how I passed those 2 hours at the airport and the entire
flight. Stupid PIA people were only showing the DISTANCE and time left on the
screen and those small kids shouting errrr I wanted to SHOUT idher tension hai
tum logo ko shor suja howa hai :@
*Karachi Airport*
Finally reached Karachi airport and my friends took me first for the dinner
(as per my mom’s order) then to the hospital where we stayed for 2 weeks. Dad had a open heart surgery and was still critical (mashallah sey fine now). I
guess I can discuss the hospital stories in some other post. I am thankful to
have my gr8 friends with me; Faizan , Arsalan , Mehdi , Maria , Umair , Zeeshan
who were there at that time. And thnx to those who also donated some blood. And
Mohammed Ali and Shahrukh who couldn’t reach but did call :) And not to forget Sajid bhai
Posting another lyrics of a song Sang by REM and a beautiful cover done by THE CORRS. great lyrics :)
When your day is long And the night The night is yours alone When you're sure you've had enough of this life Well hang on
Don't let yourself go Cause everybody cries And everybody hurts Sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong Now it's time to sing along (When your day is night alone) Hold on, hold on (If you feel like letting go) Hold on If you think you've had too much of this life Well hang on
Cause everybody hurts Take comfort in your friends Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand Oh, no Don't throw your hand When you feel like you're alone No, no, no, you're not alone
If you're on your own In this life The days and nights are long When you think you've had too much Of this life To hang on
Well, everybody hurts Sometimes, everybody cries And everybody hurts Sometimes
And everybody hurts Sometimes
So, hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on (Everybody hurts You are not alone)
