A client called in today - email was refusing to download in to Outlook Express, using POP3.

I replicated the email setup on one of my office computers and it worked fine. Then he brought his laptop to my office and we tried downloading email using my Internet Service Provider. It worked for a few minutes and failed again. The error was: “An uknown error has occurred. No error number: 0×800C0133″

After confirming with my server admins that nothing was causing a fault on the servers, I decided to do a little research. Here’s what I found out:

Solution:

Outlook Express stores all email in a folder. On a Windows XP machine, it is typically in C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{<hex>}\Microsoft\Outlook Express.
In here are files with file extentions of DBX - Inbox.dbx, Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx - you get the drift. Now, apparently, Outlook Express doesn’t like email database files being larger than 2 GB or so. My client’s Inbox.dbx file was 1.99 GB.

I shut down Outlook Express, renamed Inbox.dbx to Inbox Backup.dbx.
- Then I restarted Outlook Express.
- Outlook Express automatically re-creates the missing Inbox.dbx file.
- The Inbox folder is now empty in Outlook Express.
- Then, I right-clicked on Local Folders and created a New Folder called “Old Inbox“.
- Close Outlook Express again.
- Delete the Old Inbox.dbx file and rename Inbox Backup.dbx to Old Inbox.dbx
- Start Outlook Express again.

All your old email will be in the Old Inbox folder and fresh email will be received in the empty Inbox folder.

Additional Notes:

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Snoop with Akhshay!!! What? Why? Word on the street is that the budget to shoot this one song is to the tune of Rs. 7 crores - that’s approximately 1.64 million U.S. dollars

Releasing worldwide on 8th August 2008. Snoop better come out with something real good to make up for this ‘damage’.

In June, I went to Toronto for 2 months. Besides spending time with the family, I indulged in expensive shopping - picked up a Canon EOS 30D with some interesting lens and accessories. After getting back, I went to Bombay for a couple of days to get some more parts for the 30D. Later, a trip to Amboli with the crew, to (ab)use the 30D. (I love the sound of that - 30D)

In November, I bought a Royal Enfield 350cc Bullet (’89). Got it stripped and worked on from scratch - sized up piston, a fresh paint job, chroming and buffing - the works. I love my new baby!

In the first week of December, I started dating this beautiful lady.
Some days later, I did a week long trip to Kerala with my family - Cochin, Munnar and Thekady. Some more abuse of the camera! Munnar is a beautiful hill station - highly recommended.

Just FYI, contrary to common belief - I was working the whole time too!! :p

In January, we took over the re-design and development of happeninggoa.com - an interesting project. And we also gave FLUVER a lot of attention to boost sales.

On 9th February, I held a photo exhibition, titled Canadian Summer, to launch my new office in Mapusa. (Photos will be up on my next post - thank x3t for inspiring the exhibition post)

Valentine’s Day was fab! Loads of orders for FLUVER and on a personal note too

So that’s that for now. Life’s good and everything is wonderful.

The first thing I did was upgrade the memory to 2 GB. The sad thing is that this baby comes pre-loaded with Windows Vista and there are no drivers available for any other operating system, even on HP’s site. Anyway, once I got past that fact the features of this tablet have kinda swept me off my feet.

First of all the integrated Finger-Print Reader saves me a lot of time everyday, cause I don’t have to type in my password to log into Windows, websites, messengers and many other applications that may require authentication. After the initial setup, all I have to do is swipe my finger and I’m logged in.

Another great feature is that the volume controls are a separate set of buttons just above the ESC, F1 and F2 keys. Unlike my older laptop, where I have to hold a key combination to mute or increase/decrease the volume, it’s much easier to have access to specifically assigned buttons to do this job.

The integrated speakers on the TX1003AU are attached to the bottom of the screen. Manufactured by Altec Lansing, the sound quality is quite amazing - crystal clear and loud. They lack a little bass, but heck - it’s a tablet PC - not a boombox. There are 2 microphones integrated at the top of the screen, which are supposed to provide better clarity or something, but I’ve not noticed much of a difference from my older laptop which has only one microphone. Anyway, the mics are well positioned and optimal for voice chatting or making VoIP calls.

The mini Remote Control is an awesome feature - just great to watch movies or play music sitting away from the tablet. I just plug it to my Creative sound system and 19″ TFT and it’s movie time!

Now, for the best part - the screen of the HP TX1003AU, that normally looks like a laptop, swivels 180 degrees and goes flat down to become a tablet. Pop out the stylus and I have full touch screen control, including handwriting recognition and drawing capabilities. The touch screen features can be used even when the tablet screen is in it’s normal position - but it becomes useful when it’s swiveled into a tablet. The screen is remarkably sharp and is great for my long hours of work.

The WiFi ON/OFF switch is located on the right hand side, on the front panel and is easily accessible. The range seems quite good right now, I get network signals from 2 houses away through the walls - but that could be because they have wooden houses here in Toronto. I will have to check the strength again when I’m back in Goa.

There is a small touchpad ON/OFF switch just above the touchpad and is quite useful when typing, so that the cursor doesn’t jump, if I accidentally touch the pad. It is a very unique touchpad that blends smoothly into the body of the laptop and only has dots on it to show its existence.

There are 2 headphone sockets on the front panel - so 2 people can watch a movie or listen to music at the same time, while in a quiet zone, like a plane or the like.

Lastly, the battery - after about a month of charging and discharging the battery, as I use the tablet on battery as much as I use it on AC power, I still get about 3 hours of battery time. If I’m running some heavy application like playing a DVD or a game, then I get a little less than 2 hours of battery time.

So, overall, a great buy at just Rs. 63,000 - a whole load of features and amazing performance. This tablet seems to be just perfect for my business and personal life.

Though I haven’t been posting too much lately, I do intend posting a lot more information - specially about hardware and SEO.

As FLUVER is picking up, we’ve been busy with those deliveries. THINKTANK is showing signs of life too - which is good!

FLUVER has got a PageRank of 4 and has about 170 of its pages indexed (check here) - I LOVE U GOOG! I’ve already anticipated number ONE rankings for various sets of keywords, which will help to boost business.

Besides those new ventures, our web hosting and domain registration services have kept me busy too. Third level .UK domains have been introduced, along with 24 other new TLDs. Third level UK domains are being sold at Rs. 350 per year, but ONLY TILL 31st May 2007! Also, all domain registration prices have been revised again - because of the drop in USD exchange rates and also because of change in buying rate from the registrar. .COM/.NET domains are now being sold at Rs. 380 per year.

We have shifted all our website hosting to a new server at The Planet - one of the world’s largest server farms - in Texas. Server details are:

• 2 x Dual-Core 2.4 GHz Xeon Processors (with 4MB cache each)
• 4 GB DDR RAM
• 1 TB SATA Hard Disks with RAID 1+0 structure
• 99.99% uptime SLA guarantee
• UPS and generator backup

We will be revising the hosting rates soon.

We have also signed up with DirectI as resellers for domain registration, so check out the updated prices - the lowest in Goa!

Besides all the website migration that’s been happening, we are also working on website development projects - which I’m hoping to get completed by the end of May.

6:20 pm

Armed with a huge bouquet of red roses, a mini-SLR Canon Powershot S3-IS and loads of enthusiasm, I choose the backdrop to represent Goa. With Nat in Stan’s arms and the bouquet in her arms, I began to click away. Within seconds, the mood was more than perfect and everything was flowing better than planned.

In less than 20 minutes, we had the most gorgeous and heart-melting shots.

Truly, one of the best photoshoots I’ve done.

p.s. Fluv you both - Natasha and Stanley!

This is an advertisement we designed for a retail shop that mainly sells car audio and accessories. The advertisement is being published in the classified section of tomorrow’s Navhind Times. Our main eye-catching concept was Cars With Feelings, Just Like Humans

We have mentioned only the 3 categories of items that Formula 1 sells; though we intend to leave the reader feeling like he read a lot more - “Gigantic”.

Do comment! We are open to constructive criticism.

When I first started experimenting with computers, some 10 years ago, I worked with various installations of Linux - Red Hat, Lindows, Dragon and a few others. Offering a very limited, buggy GUI back then, I kept shifting back and forth between Linux and other OSes. I probably would have been hacking around Linux myself, had I not gotten involved in advertising and design. But I guess, that provides my livelihood.

Anyway, getting back to the point - I came across this installation of Linux called Ubuntu and I’ve decided to try it out after a long 8 year gap! As I type this, I’m downloading the ISO from ubuntu.com. Apparently, it’s got applications embedded for office use, instant messaging, web development, graphics and many other common uses.

I’m also in the process of freeing up my business schedule a little, to spend more time messing around with the computer, rather than just using it as a work tool. Geeky? Yes, I know .. And now I’ve got a big reason too - Linux is coming back into my life..