PattayaDavid

Yeah, when you Google this phone, you have to add fold or folding, slide etc. to the 6600 or you will be directed to the old model. I'm kind of inpressed with the single button push that then uses electromagnetic force to smoothly open. I am also interested in viewing the new OLED display screen. I would like to compare it with my present Sony-Eriksson TFT LCD display screen. I'm going to go searching for it today, but I suspect that it will be another month until it is available. Some sites say that it is available as of April 29th and other sites state that it will be available in Q3 2008. Thanks for everyones views and assistance.

Pattayadavid

The Siamphone link indicated a price of 13,500 baht (275 Euros), but it could be more once all of the taxes and such are added. I guess I may have to go with a different model. I was planning to buy it for the misses birthday which is only a couple of days from now. I was also considering the Nokia N76, but I've read many reviews of people complaining that the chrome paint peels off rather rapidly. I think I will go down to TUKCOM and maybe the Big C Festival shopping center tomorrow and inquire as to it's availability date.

Thanks,

David

I'm looking at purchasing the new Nokia 6600 folding mobile phone.  It is a new model and I've read varying reports as to whether it is yet available in Thailand.  Has anyone seen this model in and around Pattaya?  I only found one link in Thailand that displays this model in it's catalog.  

http://www.siamphone.com/catalog/nokia/6600_fold.htm

Thanks,

Pattayadavid

I'm looking at purchasing the new Nokia 6600 folding mobile phone.  It is a new model and I've read varying reports as to whether it is yet available in Thailand.  Has anyone seen this model?  I only found one link in Thailand that displays this model in it's catalog.  

http://www.siamphone.com/catalog/nokia/6600_fold.htm

Thanks,

Pattayadavid

buy the one with the tv, my wife love its

What model phone has TV in Thailand (lol)?  I think I will take a look at the Nokia 6600.  I've been doing some reading on the Motorola RAZR2 V9, but I don't know if it is available in Thailand.  I will check around this weekend as the wife's birthday is Tuesday; running out of time.

Thanks,

Pattayadavid

Nokia has two versions of the 6600, one is a candy bar style and the other is the 6600 Fold. I have no idea why they use the same number for two different style phones.

Gary,

I've been Googling the Nokia 6600 Folding and it appears to be something that my wife would like; a more sleek sylish shape and not as thick as the Nokia 6267.  It also comes with an OLED screen which should render excellent color and visibility.  Is this model yet available in Thailand?  How much?

Pattayadavid

buy the one with the tv, my wife love its

What model phone has TV in Thailand (lol)?  I think I will take a look at the Nokia 6600.  I've been doing some reading on the Motorola RAZR2 V9, but I don't know if it is available in Thailand.  I will check around this weekend as the wife's birthday is Tuesday; running out of time.

Thanks,

Pattayadavid

Hi, there will be only minimal advantages performance wise (if any) with just 4GB of RAM on 64 bit versus 3.3GB of RAM and 32 bit. Possibly a bunch of technical headaches moving to 64 bit. Driver support is still a problem, though improving now. You may need to change your antivirus program to one that supports 64 bit and you will no longer be able to run any old 16 bit software you may have around.

Sounds like you want to USE your computer, not tinker with it. I wouldn't bother making the switch at this stage unless you have 64 bit software that you want to run. This link is still relevant re the pros and cons of switching to x64. http://4sysops.com/archives/vista-x64-vs-v...-vista-edition/

You could compensate somewhat for the 'missing' 700MB of RAM with 32 bit Vista by getting a 1 OR 2GB USB memory stick and letting ReadyBoost do it's thing. But it probably won't make much difference in a machine with over 3GB of RAM already.

Cheers.

Thanks for your input.  I too, have done quite a bit of research on Vista 64-bit and I think it will work ok for me.  I built a new computer last last year and thus far I have had no problem whatsoever finding 64-bit drivers and utility programs for all of my hardware including my printers, mouse and keyboard.  I will be installing the 64-bit version of Eset Smart Security 3 for anti-virus, spyware and malware protection.  As far as I know, I'm not running any 16-bit software.  My computer is for home use, not business, so I pretty much run the latest versions of software.  I'm sure that there will be some freeware programs that I won't be able to run on 64-bit Vista, but so far I have been able to either find 64-bit versions of the programs that i regularly use or have found that the 32-bit programs are compatible and signed.  Besides, I have already ordered the Vista-64 bit program with SP1 which should arrived any day now.  Also, I plan to add more memory once I get Vista-64 up and running.  Anyway, thanks for your input, but it looks like I am committed to Vista 64.  If it doesn't work out, I can always go back to 32-bit.

Pattayadavid

PS. Your link is pretty good reading, however it is 14 months old and from what I have read recently, there has been much improved support for Vista 64 over the past year. I couldn't same the same for Windows XP 64.

My ThinkPad notebook is slower than my desktop, however it does have a lower powered processor (Core2Duo 2.2 GHz T7500) and 2 GB of RAM as compared to my destop Core@Duo Quad 2.4 GHZ Q6600 processor with 4 GB of RAM. With that in mine, my laptop is not really that slow using Vista Home Premium 32-bit. The main culprits that slow down my notebook is the preinstalled ThinkVantage software and the Norton Internet Security. My computer slows almost to a standstill when Norton Internet Security is perform a full scan. If you really want to speed up your notebook, install at least 2 GB of RAM and format your drive, reinstall Vista or install XP then load only the programs that you actually plan to use. When my Norton Internet Security expires, I'm going to replace it with Eset Smart Security 3 which I have installed on my desktop. It runs in the background, but uses a minimal amount of system resources to perform it's job. Norton Internet Security is a resource hog and I would bet that a lot of the preinstalled programs and utilities on your computer also add up to put a drag on your resource. I agree with Paulfr that Windows XP would perform better with your processor. I disagree with him that Vista is dead. We will not be seeing a new Windows operating system by mid 2009. We will be lucky to see it by the end of 2009, but with Microsoft's track record, expect it to be released some time in 2010. Also, the new Windows operating system, Windows 7, will more resemble the current Vista program than it will XP so I wouldn't expect it to be a major upgrade to Vista.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Pattayadavid

DON'T FORMAT YOUR DRIVE UNTIL YOU TRY THIS!

I've had the same thing occur when using a USB connected external hard drive. What happened to me is that after copying some files to my portable hard drive, I attached the drive to my other laptop, but the drive was not recognized. It wasn't recognized because for some reason it didn't have a designated drive letter. It seems that there is some problems that occur with portable USB hard drive connectons as compared to USB flash drives.

I don't have Windows XP, but to correct the problem on my computer using Windows Vista, all I had to do was to assign a drive letter to the drive. To do so in Vista, open the "Control Panel" then open "Administrative Tools" then open "Computer Management" then open "Storage" then "Disk Management". You should then be able to seen your portable USB drive, however it won't have an assigned drive letter. Click on the drive then go to the top right-hand corner of the window and click on "More Actions" then "All Tasks" then select "Change Drive Letter and Paths" or something similar. Bottom line, you want to assign a drive letter to your portable USB drive. Once you do this, you should be able to see the drive in Windows Explorer. Of course, these instructions apply to Windows Vista, however I think it would be similar in Windows XP.

Your problem may be different than mine, but at least take a look at this first before formatting your drive.

Good luck,

Pattayadavid

I just bought my laptop back in the U.S. in February. I really haven't done much with it other than loading a few programs. All of the settings, page file etc. are as they came from the factory. The page file may be large due to the bulk of ThinkVantage utility softwre and the rescue software and the files for restoring the computer to original factory condition. I haven't changed anything on my destop either. All of the settings were made by Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I did add an additional 2GB of memory last week to bring the total to 4GB. I don't know if that would have affected the page file setting or not. Anyway, if I understand correctly, you are suggesting that I set the page file on both my desktop and laptop to 1G (1000MB). I will give it a try and see what happens.

Pattayadavid

My wife's present Nokia phone (model 6260) is more than 3 years old and has developed a few software glitches and the battery has swollen and needs replacement.  Being that it is so old and that her birthday is coming up, I thought I might look for her a new phone.  She likes the Nokia phones, to be specific, she prefers the Nokia flip type, (folding or clamshell), which unfortunately narrows down the choices.  So far, I have narrowed down the selection to the following:

Nokia N76

Nokia 6290

Nokia 6267

I would have included the N93i, but she considers it to be too big.  The N76 is around one year old now, pretty much full featured, but has a bad reputation for the chrome coloring peeling off the phone in short order revealing the rather unsightly white plastic underneath.  It is a stylish and very slim mobile for a folder, similar to the Motorola Razor V8.  It runs the latest Symbian S60 ver. 3 firmware

The Nokia 6290 and 6267 models are identical in style, size and design.  The Nokia 6290 is around one year old and operates on Symbian S60.  The Nokia 6267 is a new model with some newer features than that of the 6290, but operates on the Symbian S40 firmware.

Has anyone had any experience or has any helpful information concerning any of these phones?  I personally believe that Samsung has some better offerings with the folding design.  I would welcome any input or recommendations concerning Samsung phones or any other brand that I may have overlooked, however the priority is towards the Nokia models at this time.

I should also address how my wife will primarily use the phone.  If I were buying it for myself, I would be looking for things like WiFi and upcoming 3G connections.  My wife, Thai, likes to talk on the phone plus she would be interested in taking, managing and sending pictures.  She may send an occasional SMS, but not too often.  Of course, with her being Thai, style and looks has to be near the top of the list.  Good battery life is a consideration, however neither of these 3 phones exhibit fantastic battery life.

From what I have found thus far in my search, Nokia has no plans for a new high end folder for the near future.  I believe the N76, being an N model is and will be the top model for some time in the future.  Yes, if I could talk her into a brick or slider model phone, there would be a greater selection of phones to choose from and she would get a much better phone for the money.

I appreciate your input.

Thanks,

Pattayadavid

Thanks,

Pattayadavid 

I checked my desktop computer under the Performance Tab of Task Manager and sure enough, I'm not seeing the full 4 GB of RAM just as you guys have pointed out. Mine shows the following:

Physical Memory (MB)

Total 3326

Cached 2155

Free 33

This one is self explanitory. It is the total of your physical RAM. Now, if you take off your Kernel memory from your, your video adapter memory, etc you get your total. Also, note how Windows is caching MUCH better than previous versions of their OS. Unused RAM (assuming that it is easily freed when needed!) is wasted RAM.

Kernel Memory (MB)

Total 161

Cached 108

Free 53

Kernel Memory was a significant advancement in OS design. Basically what it does is assign part of your RAM for only the kernel of the OS to use. Since only the kernel can touch it, stability is improved due to the fact that a mal-running program wouldn't take that memory away from the kernel.

Page File

1451M/6873M

Your Page File (commonly known as "Swapfile") is set to 1451 MB and is using 687 MB. I'd actually recommend disabling your Page File, rebooting, defragging, and reenabling it to 1000 MB.

I really don't understand the meaning of these number, maybe somebody can help.

PattayaDavid

Thanks for your input, however you didn't really explain what benefit I should expect by changing my Page File from 1451MB to 1000MB on my desktop computer.  The numbers arrived above was pretty much with my system running with a minimum of programs open, mainly just my Opera browser.  Below is the numbers for my ThinkPad T61 under similar conditions.  What would be your recommendation for setup of the Page File here and why?

ThinkPad T61, Vista Home Premium 32-bit with 2 GB RAM installed.

Physical Memory (MB)

Total    2013

Cached 1018

Free        28

Kernel Memory (MB)

Total    193

Cached 123

Free       69

Page File

1953M/4266M

1. No.

2. Yes.

3. Why do you need to partition at all? It's an outmoded concept - no need with NTFS file system.

4. Use folders to organise your data.

Currently with only a single partition, I have made up data files ie... 1Data, 2 Data etc., but in the past, using Windows XP, I had always used multiple partitions, however I did not set up a Raid 1 configuration during that time.  I am considering the multiple partitions for several reasons.  One, if my computer contracts a virus, malware, trojan etc., I would think that it would only affect the partition that contained the operation system, network and internet connections and program files and not affect the second partition which contained only my stored data.  Is this wrong thinging on my part?

Secondly, I have experience several occasions where there was either a problem or error with Vista, claimed improper shutdown (even though no such thing occurred) and other situations where when I restarted my computer, I received a message indicating basically that the mirroring function of Raid 1 needs to rebuild which can take hours.  If I had, say a 100GB partition for the Vista operating system and installed programs leaving 200+ GB for data storage, would this in fact reduce the time for Raid 1 to rebuild itself?

Since I will be doing a clean install of Vista 64 and may experience some problems, I would hope that I could limit the exposure of the problem area to a smaller partition of my hard drives.  Thanks and I welcome further input.

Lastly, what do you think about installing programs on the second partition?

PattayaDave

I previously had Vista 32 bit installed in a Raid 1 configuration on two 320GB hard drives.  I am going to replace this with Vista 64 bit when my software arrives.  This time, I was thinking about partitioning my hard drives therefore I have a few questions.

1.  Do I partition my hard drives before setting up Raid 1 configuration?

2.  If I setup up Raid 1 first, do I only have to partition the single mirrored drive that appears after setting up Raid which in turn will automatically partition both drives?  

3.  What is the best way to partition my drives for setup in a Raid configuration?  

4.  Lastly, what are your thoughts of partitioning the drives in conjunction to a Raid configuration?  my goal is to separate Vista and my programs from my data.

*  One more question just came to mind;  has anyone every tried to install the operating system (Vista 64bit in my case) on one partition and install and run all programs and data storage from a second partition?

Thanks in advance for your input?

Pattayadavid

I checked my desktop computer under the Performance Tab of Task Manager and sure enough, I'm not seeing the full 4 GB of RAM just as you guys have pointed out. Mine shows the following:

Physical Memory (MB)

Total 3326

Cached 2155

Free 33

Kernel Memory (MB)

Total 161

Cached 108

Free 53

Page File

1451M/6873M

I really don't understand the meaning of these number, maybe somebody can help.

PattayaDavid

Thanks for the Microsoft support links; now it makes sense again. I had installed Vista SP1 before I added the additional 2 GB of memory. Both the BIOS and System Information in Vista indicate 4 GB, however I haven't checked the Performance Tab as yet. I will do that when i power up later today; I am using my laptop at the moment.

I've been reading a lot of reviews and user comments concerning Vista 64-bit over the past week or so and most were quite favorable as most had stated that they were able to find most of the drivers they needed. I should receive my Vista 64 disk sometime next week. I'm crossing my fingers that it will be compatible with my favorite programs. My most heavily used programs are Outlook, Quicken 2007 and Opera browser. Does anyone know if these programs along with TurboTax is compatible with Vista 64?

Thanks again,

Pattayadavid

I have read many posts concerning the inability of Windows 32-bit operating systems recognizing the full 4 GB of RAM installed.  I recently ordered Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP1 because the 64-bit version of Vista is supposed to recognize 4 GB or more memory, however while waiting for my new Vista 64-bit operating disk to arrive, I went ahead and installed an additional 2 GB of RAM bringing total installed to 4 GB.  After rebooting my computer, I was surprised to see that all 4 GB of RAM was recognized.  Is is possible that 4 GB of RAM is displayed, but less than 4 GB is used?  Is there anyway to check actual amount of RAM being utilized?

PattayaDave

One other thing to consider; at least you can be guaranteed that the software that is preloaded on the laptop purchased in the United States will be genuine. Read Wednesday's Database section of the Bangkok Post concerning the recent police raids on IT shops. I beleve it was stated that 97% of vendors are bundling pirated software on the hard drives sold with computers and/or stand alone. I brought a new ThinkPad T61 back from the U.S. in March and found it to be cheaper than a similar model T61 sold over here. Actually, I was able to specify how my laptop was built and even with higher specificifications selected over standard, my laptop was still cheaper. I bought mine direct from Lenovo-IBM.

I found a work around. It's a bit slower than normal youtube, but at least I can view videos. Try http://www.trixme.com. You'll have to be sure to uncheck the "remove flash" option after you get on the page and then click "Go" again. Good luck!

Thanks for that. I have tried other proxies and always got the youtube page ok, but couldn't get the video to play.

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Thailand appears desperate to find any excuse to block youtube. The "offending video" was the red herring that the authorities wanted people to see, and so justify a ban. Just like the cover-all, no-need-for-an-excuse "lese majeste" law here...

Thanks for trying to help, but I tried the website suggested with no luck.  I still have the same problem; I can access the Youtube page, the video downloads, but just won't play.  I guess I need to contact TOT here in Pattaya and see what they have to say.  Does anyone know if CAT ADSL is available in Pattaya on the Dark Side (east of Sukcumvit)?

They are not allowed in the gay bars, another symptom of the underlying soft fascism in America. If caught in a gay bar, they would be kicked out of the Navy and lose all their benefits.

(BTW, believe me, alot of those Navy boys would like to go to the gay bars ...)

Jingthing, it sounds like you are disappointed.

I had built a new desktop computer last year which originally came with Windows XP, however earlier this year I bought a bootleg copy of Windows Vista Ultimate in order to try it out before forking out the money for an original.  It was working ok, but I felt that it wasn't as good as the original Windows XP program, however i had read on this site that it is difficult to impossible to go reinstall Windows XP after installing Vista, is this true? Also, I had read that Windows 7, the replacement for Vista may be out sometime next year so I decided not to purchase Vista and continued to use it because of the difficulties in returning to XP.  I don't want to lose any of my current data and settings.  I would rather do an upgrade to Windows 7 since there is no upgrade to Vista Ultimate.

My computer performed a Windows Update yesterday and installed update KB940410 which enables Windows Vista to detect activation exploits that bypass product activation.  So now I get a message saying that my Windows Vista Ultimate is not valid and that Activation Exploit software SL07-001 was found and needs to be repaired then Windows Vista must be activated.

I have primarily written this post to warn those who are currently using bootleg Vista software, however I am also interested in a remedy for this problem.  Two things that I have considered since i don't want to purchase Windows Vista as I am not that fond of it and because Windows 7 is on the horizon.  One, my last computer backup via Windows Vista was performed on May 1, 2008 prior to the installation of this Update.  I thought that if I did a full computer recovery which would include formatting the hard drive and installation of the backup which would hopefully restore Windows Vista to its previous state or uninstall Windows Vista Ultimate and replace it with Windows XP, however I think I may need some help in order to do this.

I would appreciate any ideas or assistance from all.

PattayaDavid

See Below:

Description of the update for Windows Vista

View products that this article applies to.Article ID : 940510

Last Review : April 8, 2008

Revision : 3.1

INTRODUCTION

This update enables Windows Vista to detect activation exploits that bypass product activation and that interfere with usual Windows operation. An activation exploit is a form of software that replaces or modifies authentic Windows components. When activation exploits are present on a system, it indicates that a software or hardware vendor may have tampered with genuine Windows to enable the sale of counterfeit software. Therefore, the security and the privacy of the computer are put at risk. After this update is installed, you will know if activation exploits are present on the system.

Hi All,

My mistake, it apears that I was mistaken, my mother didn't lose her Administrator account. Instead, she lost her user account, however she doesn't know her Administrator password and doesn't remember ever adding a password. I appreciate everyones assistance and hope that the following new information from my mother is helpful.

I think you misunderstood or I didn't make it plain enough. It was not the administrator account that disappeared, but my user account. I don't seem to find the password for the administrator so I'm without any resources to add my user account back in. I don't know when the administrator account password was input if it ever was. I have tried all the passwords that I could find and none of them work. Since I'm not able to sign on as a regular user the only way I can get on is by the keys ctrl+alt+ del and it only signs me on as a guest user which is restricted in it's use.

After that I could no longer sign on as my user account disappeared. I did not delete the user account, it just disappeared and I don't know why that happened.

I still have the Administrator account I just can't find a password for it.

Thanks again for all of your assistance.

PattayaDave

I received the follow message from my 74 year old mother back in the U.S. and for the life of me I have no knowledge as to how to help with her situation.  This is a problem well beyond my capabilities and I hope some of you computer experts could help in this matter.

David,

Well, yesterday I really messed up. I was having trouble getting the printer to work after having printed a couple of pages, I couldn't get it to print more. I know it is not the printer, because I had the same trouble with the other one. Anyway, I was checking to see if I could find out which port it was connected to and found the old printer was in the same port so I removed it but then it didn't help and the other thing "Send to OneNote" is still there occupying the same port. I tried some changes but it still wouldn't print and at one point it told me the Administrator could only make the changes. Since I am also listed as the administrator, but I don't have a password for it, I still couldn't do anything. I was trying to use "go back" when it said only the administrator could do that. I was sure I had done that before sometime ago. So I pulled up the user accounts and saw my name as administrator and also as user. Evidently there was never a password for the administrator and I was trying to check for sure when I clicked on my user account and it disappeared, the screen went black. I shut down and tried to reconnect and my account was no longer there. I searched through all the paperwork that I could find and could not find anything with an administrator password and since only the administrator can add users I couldn't do anything. I called tech service with AT&T, no help at all. They told me I would have to call DELL and gave me their # for tech services. I called and the guy worked with me over 2 hours and we still couldn't accomplish anything. I don't have the original CD for XP which he said was sent with my computer. If I ever had it I don't know what happened to it. He is sending me one free and I'm to call him back after it comes. I spent almost all day on that problem yesterday.

I was reading in the manual last night that I had bought for Windows XP and found some keyboard combination commands and tried several ones and the Ctrl+Alt+Del bring up my user name and allows me to input my password. It only shows me as a guest user so I can't make and additions and each time I try to connect I have to use the same keys to get back on as a guest user.

I don't know what the guy plans to do when I get the CD but if I have to reinstall it won't I lose everything and be starting like new again and have to reinstall everything?

I really messed up this time and the printer still won't print. I have also tried to cancel the documents that are in there and they won't clear out. I guess I'm going to have to contact HP and find out how to do that and maybe they can also tell me what the OneNote is?

What would make her Administrator User Account disappear just by clicking on it?  Can it be recovered and if so, how would she go about doing so and restoring her computer to normal function?

Thanks,

PattayaDave

It's amazing how my TOT ADSL connection speed deteriorates as the day goes on. At 7:30 AM this morning, I got the following:

Download Speed: 1771 kbps Bangkok

Upload Speed: 373 kbps

Download Speed: 1671 kbps San Francisco

Upload Speed: 362 kbps

As you can see, my international connection speed pretty much matched my domestic connection speed. Now, look at my connection speed at 10:30 AM, only 3 hours later:

Download Speed: 1560 kbps Bangkok

Upload Speed: 292 kbps

Download Speed: 114 kbps San Franscisco

Upload Speed: 34 kbps

As you can see, my international connection speed was almost non-existent. The international bandwidth already oversaturated and consumed. Even though I had good international bandwidth connection earlier this morning, I still couldn't view any Youtube videos on my computer although I was able to download some Youtube videos.

I haven't been able to watch Youtube videos for the better part of the month of April. The Youtube page loads, but I get no picture, only the clockwise moving dots cirling. Occasionally, I can move the slider at the bottom of the viewer to different locations and view still pictures of the video, but the video won't play as if the flash player was faulty. This happens on both my desktop and laptop computers connected to TOT ADSL. What's strange is that I can coppy the URL into a Youtube download program such as Easy Video Downloader, download the video, save it and play it when the download is finished. Is it a TOT ADSL problem or is it a Thailand wide problem among all of the ISP Providers?