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iPhone 5 and MTP USB device failed to install Windows 7

by Jamston on February 5, 2013 in Tech with No comments

Had problems the other day installing a new iPhone 5 for a customer on a Toshiba Satellite Pro running Windows 7 64bit. The phone worked fine in iTunes but it could not been seen as a removable drive under “Computer”.

Did all the usual stuff like unplugging all other devices, reboots, uninstall in device manger etc. Nothing worked then I came accross the following article that worked!

Run the registry editor (type in “regedit” in the command-line”)
Backup your current registry (File > Export)
Navigate the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Control / Class
On the left side, search for the entry {EEC5AD98-8080-425F-922A-DABF3DE3F69A} and click on it
On the right side, you will find a key which begins with “Upper…” – delete it!
Now unplug your iPhone
Restart your computer
Plug in your iPhone and hopefully find it mounted as a drive again!

BOOM!!

Strength In Numbers Leeds Premiere

by Jamston on June 15, 2012 in Blog, Mountain Biking with No comments

It’s finally here! Well at least on the big screen! Been waiting for months for this to be released and our regular group of mountain biking buddies are showing our support by going to see the Leeds premiere over at Hyde Park Picture House tonight.

SYNOPSIS:-

“Viewed at a distance, the world of mountain biking is a disjointed network of seemingly similar but disconnected communities. Freeride. Downhill. Big Mountain. All Mountain. Dirt Jump. Slopestyle. A sport of individuals, equally defined by their many differences, as the common threads that bind. And while our story doesn’t follow a straight line, we all end up in the same place. Tire to ground, foot to pedal, hand to bar – communities drawn together by trails of dirt.

A new action sport documentary, Strength in Numbers is a rally call to connect all mountain bikers, regardless of location or language or discipline. The film captures a true way of life, from the world’s best pros to those who are just learning to love the sport. Shot over two years in some of mountain biking’s most iconic locations, Anthill’s signature style combines compelling stories with core action to create a shared experience that unites all riders. Come join us!”

http://www.anthillfilms.com/strengthinnumbers/

Order your Collectors’ Edition 3-in-1 with 1 hour of exclusive extra features.

Download from iTunes stores worldwide.

http://www.hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk/index.php?showing=3936#now-showing

Target IE versions with CSS “Hacks”

by Jamston on April 12, 2012 in Web Design with No comments

Found an article today that I found useful while trying to sort a little issue I had with the lack of CSS3 support in older versions of Internet Explorer.

Target IE versions with CSS “Hacks”

Here are the hacks that let you target specific IE versions.

Use “\9″ to target IE8 and below.
Use “*” to target IE7 and below.
Use “_” to target IE6.

Example:

body {
border:1px solid red; /* standard */
border:1px solid blue\9; /* IE8 and below */
*border:1px solid orange; /* IE7 and below */
_border:1px solid blue; /* IE6 */
}

If you don’t like using “Hacks” then you can explicitly target IE versions without hacks using HTML and CSS

Use this approach if you don’t want hacks in your CSS. Add a browser-unique class to the <html>element so you can select based on browser later.

Example

<!doctype html>
<!–[if IE]><![endif]–>
<!–[if lt IE 7 ]> <html lang=”en” class=”no-js ie6″> <![endif]–>
<!–[if IE 8 ]> <html lang=”en” class=”no-js ie8″> <![endif]–>
<!–[if IE 9 ]> <html lang=”en” class=”no-js ie9″> <![endif]–>
<!–[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!–><html lang=”en” class=”no-js”><!–<![endif]–>
<head></head>
<body></body>
</html>
Then in your CSS you can very strictly access your target browser.

Example

.ie6 body {
border:1px solid red;
}
.ie7 body {
border:1px solid blue;
}

Original article here… http://stackoverflow.com/questions/814219/how-to-target-ie7-ie8-with-css-valid-code

Jobs in Leeds New Website

by Jamston on January 17, 2012 in Web Design with No comments

We start the year off with a brand new site for our client Digital Media Recruitment Ltd.

Jobs in Leeds is a job board dedicated to advertising jobs in the Leeds area. Their aim is to assist local businesses connect with local jobseekers quickly and cost effectively.

If you’d put your job search on hold for the holidays and live in or around the Leeds area then now is time to get back on track! There’s no time like now to get going on finding a new job.

http://www.jobsinleeds.co.uk

Travel Plan Services Site Launch

by Jamston on December 4, 2011 in Web Design with No comments

Recently finished work on a new and improved site for Travel Plan Services Ltd. The brief was to totally re-develop their existing site giving it a much more up to date look and feel.

One of the main things the client wanted was to be able to keep the site up to date themselves. This included adding new content such as case studies, testimonials, news & clients as well as updating the homepage and have a blog.

Check it out… http://www.travelplanservices.co.uk

Specialized Camber Expert 2011

by Jamston on November 10, 2011 in Blog with No comments

After a recent visit to Gisburn Forest I decided it was time to say goodbye to my old faithful Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc hardtail and start looking for a full susser.

After a lot of research reading the mountain bike magazines, internet forums, friends etc etc I decided to go for the 2011 Specilized Camber Expert. As it’s the 2011 model and the 2012′s are starting to make an appearance I got an absolute cracking deal over at Bike Scene in Guisbrough.

It rides like a dream! I’m very happy with my purchase and will be heading over to Dalby Forest back end of this month to put it through it’s paces there! Continue reading →

Xbox LIVE – Notification of Permanent Suspension

by Jamston on November 2, 2011 in Blog, Gaming with No comments

I’ve had my xbox 360 and xbox live account for about 3 years. In this time i’ve spent countless hours playing to earn achievements trying to better my gamer score etc, prestiged numerous times on the various call of duty games, all in an effort to gain bragging rights over my mates! Sad but true!

Sat in my inbox this week was an email from xlcm@microsoft.com entitled “Xbox LIVE – Notification of Enforcement Action”! It read as follows…

This email is to notify you that your Xbox LIVE account privileges have been permanently suspended due to modification of your gamertag or other profile data.

These modifications may include, but are not limited to:

Altering the appearance of your gamertag or avatar
Illegitimate gain of achievements or avatar awards
Application of watermarks or other special identifiers that were not legitimately granted
Unauthorized manipulation of in-game parameters

Your conduct was brought to the attention of the LIVE Enforcement Team through complaints filed by other Xbox LIVE users or in the course of our operation of the service. The LIVE Enforcement Team has reviewed the complaints and other evidence regarding your conduct and determined it violates the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and/or Code of Conduct. Because your conduct is in violation, the LIVE Enforcement Team has issued a permanent suspension.

During your suspension, you will not be able to log into Xbox LIVE. Your Xbox LIVE privileges will not be reinstated.

Customer Support is not able to modify or provide any further details about your suspension.

Microsoft expects that all customers abide by the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct provides guidelines for appropriate behavior while using the service.

You can view the Xbox LIVE Code of Conduct from the Xbox LIVE Dashboard under Xbox LIVE Policies in Account Management, or by visiting http://www.xbox.com/legal/codeofconduct.htm.You can view the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use by visiting http://www.xbox.com/legal/livetou.htm.

Note: if you are not a user of Xbox LIVE, this suspension may have been enacted due to your activity in the Zune Social. You can view the Zune Social Code of Conduct by visiting http://www.zune.net/legal/codeofconduct.htm. You can view the Zune Social Terms of Service by visiting http://www.zune.net/legal/termsofservice.htm.

Thank you,

LIVE Enforcement Team

WTF!!! As you can imagine I wasn’t very pleased! I cranked up the xbox and tried to sign in. No luck, it told me my account had been permanently suspended and I cant login until 31/12/9999 which basically means NEVER AGAIN!

Why did I get banned…? “Altering the appearance of your gamertag or avatar“. I remembered that last year I’d found something on the internet about changing the colour of your avatar skin (rather than using the usual pre-sets). All you did was plug your xbox hard drive into your PC, change a couple of values and hey presto, red skin to make me look like the devil!

Although I had changed my skin colour back to a normal one using the xbox interface they found out somehow. They class this as hacking and decided to permanently ban a rather loyal xbox live customer with over 3 years of gameplay!!! Thing that really pissed me off was the fact that i’d just renewed my subscription to Xbov LIVE too! Another £39.99 down the shitter!

I think this is extremely harsh for such a small thing! Why not a warning and a temporary suspension like they do for other things! Cheating, racism, offensive behaviour & bad language can get you a temporary suspension for a few days but a total ban for a colour change!!! HARSH!

Dance & Evening wear site launched

by Jamston on September 28, 2011 in Web Design with No comments

Just finished a new e-commerce site for a Company called Dress Up To Dance. They wanted a website primarily to sell their various ranges of dance wear which includes, ballroom dresses, Latin dresses, tops, skirts, shoes & accessories such as bags, belts and jewellery.

The site uses our own in house developed bespoke e-commerce solution and is linked up to PayPal to process the online transactions.

Here’s what they sell…

Check it out at http://www.dressuptodance.com

iPhone 4 Crackling During Calls on Vodafone

by Jamston on August 4, 2011 in Blog, Tech with No comments

Over the past month or so I’ve had problems with my iPhone 4 crackling and the mic stop working when making or receiving calls. It started off doing it maybe once or twice a week but eventually got to a stage where it was nearly every call. I’d take or receive a call and anywhere between 0 – 60 seconds it would start crackling in the ear piece, get progressively louder then the person on the other end of the line couldn’t hear me at all and hang up! Continue reading →

Snow Products Site Launched

by Jamston on May 20, 2011 in Web Design with No comments

Just finished a new snow products website for one of our clients. They manufacture all kinds of things plastic related as they are “Plastic Injection Moulding Specialists” and this time they wanted a website to promote and sell their “snow product” range.

The site is pretty straight forward, html, css, javascript and a bit of good old jquery. It’s linked up to PayPal to process the online purchasing side of things with it’s prices, descriptions and delivery information pulled from an xml file.

So… here’s the stuff they sell…

Check it out at http://www.snowproducts.co.uk

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