Gmail : Resume POP Access With Captcha Unlock for Mail Client

When a gMail account is used in any of mail client like Outlook, Outlook Express, ThunderBird etc. you might have come accross a common issue.

The mail client continuously prompt you for username and password for your gmail account or your domain which is hosted at Google.

After searching for the proper solution I found a way to resume mailing thru your mail client.

Here is the resolution:

• If you are Gmail user:
1. Close/stop your email client.
   
2. Open the url http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
   
3. Enter your Gmail username and password, and the letters in the captcha image.
4. Once you have successfully logged in, Start your mail client.
• If you are hosted email users:
1. Close /stop your mail client.
   
2. Open the url https://www.google.com/a/[your domain].com/UnlockCaptcha. where [your domain]' is your actual domain name.
3. Enter your email username and password, and the letters in the captcha image.
4. Once you have successfully logged in, start your mail client.

STSADM Commands

One of the good link providing detailed reference for all STSADM command parameters.

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Hosting SharePoint on a fully qualified domain name (FQDN)

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This blog describes how you can setup your SharePoint Services environment using a FQDN. For a full explanation about what a FQDN is, you can read my previous post about Hosting Reporting Services on a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
For this example I will modify the host file to use portal.mikeglaser.com as a FQDN. On Windows-based computers, this file can be found in the systemroot\System32\Drivers\Etc folder. Trough Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) you configure the Default Web Site, so it's only accessible through portal.mikeglaser.com. This can be done by changing the default identification and adding the FQDN as a host header value.

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SQL Server 2005 Script to Generate INSERT statements

This procedure generates INSERT statements using existing data from the given tables and views. Later, you can use these INSERT statements to generate the data. It's very useful when you have to ship or package a database application. This procedure also comes in handy when you have to send sample data to your vendor or technical support provider for troubleshooting purposes. 

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Tips to Extending Life of your Computer

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I am going to learn a lot from your personal experiences too, so drop a comment with your ideas as it might be of great help to others reading this blog -
Tip 1 -
Handling of laptop / computers comes on top of the list for me. You must carefully handle your laptop esp in which environments (hot sun) you use them. Dont keep it in hot rooms or accidentally take it out in the rains :). Avoid damaging your laptop by dropping the bag etc. I have seen in the past that these equipments do contain delicate parts and often can get damaged easily. It is always a pain post their damage to get them back to the best conditions.
Tip 2 -
Have a good power supply option at home / work. Often the surge in power supply can hurt the battery life and can bring components down too. So highly recommend to use an UPS with surge protector. The life of the the batteries is always governed by the usage and charging patterns. DONOT always keep your PC power connected. I have been using this laptop (Lenevo T61p) for close to an year and my battery still lasts for ~2.5 hrs and this is quite useful esp for folks like me who are on the move.
Be practical to what you do when you are on a Battery mode.
2.1 - Tasks such as multi-media (movies, games, listening to music etc) can heavily use power.
2.2 – Move to a lower brightness setting on laptops when under battery mode unless you are in a bright environment where you need to jack-up the brightness.
2.3 – Turn off your wireless and Bluetooth if you are not using them. These are heavy on power usage and can drain your batteries really quick.
2.4 – When in unused state, these days Vista/Win7 allows you to configure what the laptop must do. Highly recommend to move into Hibernate state so that it saves valuable power when you need them.
2.5 – Though I highlighted the charge/discharge mechanism, I have been charging at my office time and I just discharge it to almost draining situation (<10%) in the evenings. This gives the batteries longer life and your usage will make sure you use each part of the battery. I have seen people who have the same model as I do and their battery doesnt even last 1 hr.
Tip 3 -
Maintaining your HDD is one of the key aspect of extending the life of your Laptop. Defragment your drives atleast once a month to make contiguous free space in your system. I have been using TreeSize for a while now and keep a tap on who is using what space in my system. You are the boss and you better be in control of the same. As we are on this topic, I loved the new addition of defragmentation of ALL volumes in one shot using commandline utility with Windows 7. In your commandprompt type:

defrag /C /H /V

to defragment all your drives. Very handy utility. Also you can always use the Disk Cleanup utility from the drive properties to cleanup unused junk data. It can sometimes free-up tons of space.


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