I bought a Maxtor One Touch III Mini external drive [120GB] couple of months back. This has been working good on my Windows XP operating system until last week and all of a sudden started throwing the following error “Maxtor EasyManage has encountered a problem and needs to close. Please inform Microsoft about this.” This error came up every time I accessed the drive by connecting through USB and also when tried to open the EasyManage software installed on the computer [even when the drive was … Read more… about EasyManage Crash Solution
House Warming Anniversary
November 14th is celebrated as Childrens day across India. But for me its a special day as it marks our house warming day. We had the house warming of our current home on 14th of Nov, 2005. Since its the time to celebrate 2nd anniversary, we decided to celebrate in a special way. On 24th Nov 2007, we had invited close relatives and friends for the ‘Sathyanarayana Pooja’ at home. Since it was a saturday, a huge number[~200] of well wishers turned up for the event. People started to gather at our … Read more… about House Warming Anniversary
SMS Message counter in K750i
I had to struggle a bit to find out the SMS message counter option in K750i. This is how you get there… 1. Go to ‘Menu’. 2. Select Phone ‘Settings’ 3. Go to ‘Calls’ tab 4. There you see the 'Time & Cost' -> ‘Message Counter’. One drawback with K750i message counter is that, it doesn’t have a counter for Received messages, it only shows the sent messages count. … Read more… about SMS Message counter in K750i
Hello K750i
I recently bought a Sony Ericsson K750i mobile phone. All these days I was so much used to nokia phones, not sure how much time it will take for me to get familiar with the new phone. Its been around 5 years of association with my old mobile (Nokia 3530), this has been a great mobile known for its sturdiness. I can’t remember how many times that old phone might have slipped off my hands and fell… yet it was robust and functional even today. Nokia 3530 is certainly an antique piece right now, but … Read more… about Hello K750i
Big Bazaar – Be cautious at billing counters!
Yesterday I visited Big Bazaar (Banashankari branch, Kathriguppe, Bangalore). I shopped for a trolley full of goods and approached one of the billing counter. There was a smart lady with lots of patience looking at each of the item and swiping across the barcode reader for computerized billing. Unfortunately, there was no barcode on of the the box containing edible oil pouches. There were 10 pouches of 1 ltr sunflower oil in that box, summing up to 10 litres. Just to ensure the right number of … Read more… about Big Bazaar – Be cautious at billing counters!