Jailbroken iPhone 3.1.3 Apps Crash

I jailbroke my iPhone 3G with firmware 3.1.3 and after doing so, any new apps I installed would crash when trying to open.  It was frustrating to see everything close and be back on the home screen.  I finally fixed it:

In iTunes, select the iPhone under the list of devices. 

Go to the Applications tab and click "Sync Applications."

Click Apply.

Click Sync.

Once the Sync is complete, the apps should open.  Very odd bug, indeed.

Excel 2007 - How to Freeze Multiple Columns and/or Rows

 To freeze multiple columns in an Excel spreadsheet, click on the column to the right of the column you wish to freeze and click through the following:

View > Freeze Panes > Freeze Panes

You can do this for rows, too. 

If you want both rows and columns to freeze, then click the single cell you wish to start scrolling with, and go through the same menus above. 

Blackberry - "My Number" is "Unknown"

When you go to make a call, you notice that "My Number" doesn't actually list your number, it just says "Unknown".  You can manually add this by doing the following:

Go to Settings > Options > Advanced Options > SIM Card

Click the button just to the left of the trackball to bring up an options menu and select "Edit SIM Phone Number".

Enter your phone number and press the trackball to save the number.

Done!

Skype Virus Automatically Sends Facebookgallery.info links

Here's how you get infected: 

One day you're on your computer and you get a message from a friend asking you to look at these crazy pictures of them, making sure they look okay (there are other variants of this message).  The links points to a site called facebook.info, in the example below it's http://srv06.facebookgallery.info:89/.  You click the link and accept all the prompts after that and the next think you know, those same messages are being sent from you to friends on your Skype list.

The following example says "I can't believe I got tagged in this picture!!  Do you think I look ok?"

What's worse it that you can't download the regular virus-removal tools because when you click to download one, you get a page that says "Google Error.  Not Found.  The requested URL /Files/ProcessExplorer.zip was not found on this server".  NOTE:  This came up when I tried to download Process Explorer to stop services.  See below:

Also, if you already have tools available, they close shortly after opening. 

Here's how to remove it:

1)  Edit the hosts by going to Start > Run... and entering the following:
 notepad "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"

2)  Scroll down a little ways and delete everything at the bottom.  It's going to be a bunch of garbled text.  After deleting, then save the changes. 

NOTE:  If you're not comfortable with this, you can try HostXpert, but you'll have to download it on another computer and transfer it to the infected computer before you can use it.  Just run it and click "Restore MS Hosts File"

3)   The above steps get rid of the Google Error pages, so now you're free to download any tool you wish to fight this thing.  I used ComboFix to get rid of this thing.  Download it to your desktop and rename it to "nothing.exe" -- otherwise the virus will recognize it and close it automatically.

4)  Run "nothing.exe" and accept everything it wishes to do and you'll be virus-free soon.  It may require a restart.

Sometimes an extra step is needed if you lose your internet connection after performing these steps.  Right-click the My Computer icon and go to Properties.  Click on the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.  In the list under Network Adapters you'll see two copies of each of your network devices.  Uninstall the copy without the exclamation point next to it -- it'll remove both copies from the list.  Then go to Action > Scan for hardware changes.  Windows should detect your network device drivers and get you going again.

Locate Link Browser Box Opens When Clicking E-Mail Link in Outlook 2003

Problem:  You receive an email with a "mailto:" link to someone's email address.  When clicking it, a new email window should open.  Instead, a "Locate Link Browser" windows opens asking you to locate a file.

There are several suggestions saying to modify the URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol file type behavior, but I found this to be the easiest solution:

Open Internet Explorer and go to Tools > Internet Options > Programs tab.

Change your default email client to Outlook Express and hit Apply.

Now change your default email client back to Outlook 2003.  Hit OK.

Everything should be working now.

Spam from Skype

Skype does not scan your system or Skype itself for viruses.  This simple statement will help you deal with messages you receive on Skype similar to the following:

[Time] System Monitor ® says: WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

=============================

ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected
malware on your computer !

Affected Software:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Win98
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection /
Unexpected shutdowns

Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair
utility immediately

Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below !
Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction.

Just ignore it.  Or better yet, prevent these messages from reaching you (or someone who just doesn't seem to get it).
 
This is how:
 
1.  In Skype, go to Tools > Options. 
 
2.  Click on "Privacy"
 
3.  Select "Only allow people in my Contact list to contact me. 
 
There.  No more anonymous people sending messages about viruses that aren't on your computer.

How to Recover Hard Deleted Items using Outlook Web Access 2003

You've accidentally deleted a message permanently and you don't see it listed when you go to Tools > Recover Deleted Items.  What do you do?  Well, if you're on Exchange 2003, there's a little workaround through Outlook Web Access (OWA).

1.  Use this address as a model:  https://ServerName/exchange/Username/inbox/?cmd=showdeleted


Change "ServerName" to the name of your exchange server and "Username" to the user account you're trying to recover deleted items from.  You can also change "inbox" to any folder you have on your mailbox, such as Sent Items and Calendar.

2.  Log in with the user's credentials.

3.  Check the box next to the message(s) you need to recover and click "Recover."

4.  Messages should start appearing in Outlook and on OWA.