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    Image of veronykah veronykah
    11/23/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    How timely this is for me, I just upgraded to an iPhone from a Blackberry Pearl 8100 and I am realized the SIM on the pear is virtually useless in terms of importing contacts to my new iPhone...
    Does anyone have a workaround to get the DEVICE memory from the Blackberry out?
    I have loads of phone numbers saved on the phone but not on the SIM, to get them on the SIM all I can find it that they have to be added manually in which case I might as well just manually add them to my iPhone...
    Yet another reason why I am SO happy to get rid of the Blackberry.
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    11/23/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    I back up my contacts and calendar with Google Sync on my Blackberry. Words pretty darn well. I usually send my pictures to my picassa album after I send them so all my stuff is with Google. Just like my email, IM, RSS, search history, and pretty much the rest of my life. Skynet here we come!
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    If you have a CDMA dumbphone, "BitPim is a program that allows you to view and manipulate data on many CDMA phones from LG, Samsung, Sanyo and other manufacturers. " It's open source, FREE, runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.

    [bitpim.org]
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    Image of Jacubious Jacubious
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    I use MyPhone and it is probably the best part of my experience with WinMo. It just does its thing automatically every night, and I can access the service from any computer.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    For anyone in WinMo, I'll vouch for PIM Backup, especially if your device has microSD or the like. It really is fantastic, though ugly.
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    Image of wtfamidoinghere wtfamidoinghere
    11/22/09

    @Fractal the Meek: +1... unless you happen to have a HD2. PIM Backup isn't compatible with the latest HTC Sense, which replaces the in-built MS messaging service with the HTC one (basically the Message Restore process hangs).
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    Image of burnblue burnblue
    11/24/09

    @Fractal the Meek: Since MyPhone, I haven't needed PIMBackUp for anything at all anymore except if I want to keep the Call Log
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/24/09

    @burnblue: Yeah, I tend to roll cloudless where I can though and always want an automatic local backup. PIM Backup fits those ticks nicely.
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    Windows Mobile also has some other great restore programs - some even provided by the carrier.

    My FUZE came installed with Sprite Mobile Backup and from having it I highly recommend buying it if it didn't already come with your phone. It backs up every little nuance and can bundle it into an .EXE you throw on your microSD, and pop the card into your new WinMo phone. Run the EXE and your settings and other magical stuff restores back.

    Sadly from what I've heard, the Tilt2 does not come with Sprite.
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    Image of joandrade joandrade
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    Where's the BlackBerry love?
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    11/22/09

    @joandrade: Canada.
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    Image of kakarotthemonkey kakarotthemonkey
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    I concur with the other comments - BlackBerry is a glaring omission to this article. Still very helpful on the other major smartphone's OSes though.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    11/22/09

    @kakarotthemonkey: yea, sorta wonder how they missed that one, what about my palm centro too!

    maybe because blackberry desktop manager is fine ? just a thought
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    Edited by fleebailey33 at 11/22/09 4:21 PM fleebailey33 was starred fleebailey33 was unstarred
    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    11/22/09

    @fleebailey33: It's basically automatic, but so is iTunes, so, here you go!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/22/09

    In reply to How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
    Mac users can use ISync to back up their Symbian based Nokia phones. Nokia also has Mac apps to transfer media & tether the phone as well.
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    Image of john.stover john.stover
    11/16/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    good article, but would have been nice if it spoke to periphials. (like my HP scanner that worked under vista but no more. (and no help from HP)
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    Image of SuperSonik SuperSonik
    11/16/09

    @john.stover: My 37" HDTV was detected in Vista, but not in windows 7. Tried uninstall and reinstallation of official drivers from ATI but still nothing. You would think it would be hard to break something so simple! #windows7howto
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/15/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    TVersity is nice, but I still could not stream subtitles (embedded or external). #windows7howto
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    Image of DrDJ DrDJ
    11/16/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Check out PS3MediaServer - Java-based applet streams anything and seems to be more stable than TVersity, I reckon... #windows7howto
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! promoted this comment DrDJ was starred DrDJ was unstarred
    Image of Skarkroe Skarkroe
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook
    "Retail copy of OS X 10.6 (NOT an OEM copy that comes with a new Mac)"

    Is this statement for moral reasons or due to an actual incompatibility? #dellmini10vhackintosh
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/19/09

    @Skarkroe: Moral statement. I'm hackintoshing mine now and I'm using a retail copy. My stance is that if I'm going to hackintosh, I damn well better put some money into their coffers, regardless of how much I hate some of their practices.
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    Image of paqman paqman
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    Man, Windows 7 is driving me nuts. My brother built a computer for my parents, and it freezes up constantly. And when I say constantly, I mean that it is completely unusable. We haven't figured out what triggers it yet. It won't happen for a few hours, but then all of the sudden, when opening a certain program or certain combination of programs, it just starts freezing. It will freeze and be no good for 10 to 15 seconds, then you get 2 to 3 seconds of movement, then it freezes again. The only real way out of it is to hold the power button and reboot. Trying to figure out the cause is driving me nuts. #windows7howto
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    Image of GoodBytes GoodBytes
    11/14/09

    @paqman: It' snot Windows, it's a hardware fault. You can find free software, and forums on the internet which can help you better.

    Most of the time it's a lack of power, bad RAM, overheating, or a hardware that is miss installed. #windows7howto
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    Image of paqman paqman
    11/14/09

    @GoodBytes: I suspected hardware at first, but of course, my brother, who built it, insists it's not. I hate having to troubelshoot a pc someone else built. I've been browsing forums, and the problem has so many different solutions, I don't know where to start. #windows7howto
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    Image of thatsmrpotatohead2U thatsmrpotatohead2U
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    I know we've been told that the hardware requirements for W7 are the same as for Vista - but I'd prefer to learn from people with real world experience. Particularly as I have a 1.33GHZ Centrino (*gasp*) processor...

    Seriously - Vista is the bane of my life but the last thing I want to do is turn to stone while I wait for 7 to load. Any views on what the real hardware requirements are? #windows7howto
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/14/09

    @thatsmrpotatohead2U: It runs on my 1.67GHz Athlon XP+ with 512MB RAM, 80GB HDDD, and an old 5000 or 6000 series nVidia card in it. It runs, a little sluggish, but fine. I'm planning on optimizing it and seeing if I can make it run better by following some of these steps [www.reddit.com]

    It runs on netbooks, so you never know. #windows7howto
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    Image of computermix computermix
    11/14/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Netbooks are getting pretty strong these days... #windows7howto
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/14/09

    @computermix: They are, but the RAM speed, FSB, and fact that they are (mostly) single core are severe limiting factors. I love my netbook, but sometimes I feel like it's just barely chugging along. #windows7howto
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    Image of thebigcheese thebigcheese
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    I wish you'd tell us how to share FROM OS X to Windows 7, not just the other way around. It's pretty easy to get Windows to go to Mac, but nearly impossible to figure out how to get it working the other way. This article is useless to me without that. #windows7howto
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    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/14/09

    @thebigcheese:
    Windows 7 will not work with Mac OS X Windows file sharing support by default. If you attempt to access a folder shared from Mac OS X, Vista will display a logon error repeatedly. The problem is that Vista, by default, will only use NTLMv2 for authentication, which is not supported by Mac OS X’s Windows Sharing service. The other problem is the Minimum Session Security for NTVLM SSP based Clients.
    To get around this:

    1. Open the Control Panel
    2. Switch to "Classic" view
    3. Double-click Administration Tools
    4. Double-click Local Security Policy
    5. Or Secpol.msc
    6. Expand "Local Policies" and select "Security Options"
    7. Alternate : Type secpol.msc to get editor up then
    8. Locate "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" in the list and double-click it.
    9. Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM – use NTLMv2 session if negotiated"
    10. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients
    11. Change the setting from "require 128 bit" to unchecked (No Minimum)
    12. Click OK

    the real difference between vista and windows 7 procedure is 10 and 11

    from [blog.kowalczyk.info]

    I tested this on my systems and it worked fine #windows7howto
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    Image of thebigcheese thebigcheese
    11/14/09

    @CraigJ: I keep reading about that, but I cannot for the life of me find anything labeled "Local Security Policy." I've just discovered that such an option does not exist on Home Premium versions, so is there somewhere else I can go? You can lower the encryption requirement in the advanced sharing options, but I don't know where else to find the other stuff.
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