Thursday 23 May 2013

Resolve Fatal Error: MSI Destinations For HP Printers

Fatal Error: MSI destinations this is most typical error that you encounter while installing a HP Product on your PC, this error is observed for HP All-In-One Products during their installation phase.If this error is something related to Invalid Drive C:\ then you have a differently named drive other than C, where the HP Software is trying to locate the C drive for extracting and installation of the required files, if some thing that is not related to invalid drive, then you can try the below steps to resolve the issue.

Pr-checks:-
  • Make sure you have the administrative rights to install the software,
  • Clear the Temp folder
  • In the Run Window, type %temp% and hit enter, this will bring the temp files of your profile, clean them up completely.
  • Strongly recommend to reboot your system and then run the HP Software and Driver Removal utility.
  • If you are not using any other hp products, try cleaning all the hp folders from the Program files and the Program Data Directory under C Drive

Logging as the administrator and try installing the software by downloading it from HP Support and Drivers Website, make sure you run the setup file from the location of the sub directory under your drive, Eg: put the downloaded file in C:\Personal\...exe and run this exe as administrator if you are using windows 7.

Discuss more about the issue here and follow the suggestions posted here by HP Experts

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Saturday 18 May 2013

Aliexpress A Bad Buyer Protection Experience

This is my review on Shopping at AliExpress, I bought few mobile spares from Aliexpress through a reputed HongKong Seller listed in alibaba/aliexpress, after placing an order and almost a two months wait,to my Surprise, I never received the product to my shipping address, the seller was not even responding to e-mails and pings through trade manager.

At this point i though of contacting Ali Express and raise a Dispute of My Order and i did so,
When i initially raised a dispute, i though someone from AliExpress customer support/buyer protection team would contact within two working days,dispute was opened on April 16

Status:
    Dispute escalated  

Reminder:
    The dispute has been escalated. Your dispute will be submitted to our Case Management Team. We will contact you at the complaint center within 2 calendar days.
    Please sign in to the complaint center to view more details about your dispute, and follow the dispute process.
    Learn more about dispute policy

It has been almost a month the dispute has been escalated, there is no response from AliExpress Buyer protection and i strongly believe that there would be no help from Aliexpress, as i see lots of bad buying experience with AliExpress and Alibaba

Check the bad Reviews of aliexpress here

In-addition, AliBaba Trade manager instant chat messenger is a spy program which takes lots of personal information from your PC, beware not to install the alibaba trade manager at any cost.Check out the forums of AliExpress before even thinking of shopping at Aliexpress, I name Aliexpress as something a Scam-express, which suits best for Scams and Fraud encouragement of the Chinese sellers.

So Readers, this post is to alert about Aliexpress and its fraud buyer protection system.Look out for other alternate options online excluding Aliexpress, i prefer ebay with high seller feedback score.

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Thursday 16 May 2013

Three Most Useful Tools Your HP Printer Products

Right from installing the best driver for your HP Printer products on any windows operating 
system to diagnosing the scanning ,printing and network connectivity errors, the below three tools from HP which are most important and handy to have with your HP Products.

Just to give an overview of these three handy tools, HP has developed a set of free diagnostic tools that can be used to diagnosis the common errors and help you with resolving those.

Follow the Table below to download the free diagnostic tools to troubleshoot the scanning and printing issues with HP Products.

Image: Print and Scan Doctor iconHP Print and Scan Doctor: Quickly diagnose and resolve many printing and scanning errors, network connection problems, and driver issues. Supports Windows XP and later.
Download utility (3.5 MB)
Released:
2013-01-22
File name:
HPPSdr.exe [1/1, 4.88M]
Version:
3.1
Compatibility:
Learn more about this utility
Image: Install Diagnostic Utility iconHP Printer Install Wizard for Windows: Automatically find the best available print driver for your new printer, or after upgrading your operating system. Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Download utility
Released:
2012-10-24
File name:
hppiw.exe [1/1, 2.2M]
Version:
3.0
 
Learn more about this utility
Image: Hardware Diagnostic Utility iconHP Hardware Diagnostic Utility: Helps resolve jams, carriage stalls, and copy or scan mechanism issues. Checks ink levels and troubleshoots print quality issues. Supports Windows XP and later.
Download utility (Approximately 6 MB)
Released:
2013-01-09
File name:
HPHDU.exe [1/1, 6.27M]
Version:
4.1
Learn more about this utility

I assure this is the easiest way to find and fix common problems yourself, when you have a trouble with your HP Printer and Scanner Products. Note that these diagnostic tools are not compatible with MAC but works with any version of windows including 7 and windows 8.

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Wednesday 15 May 2013

Xperia Z 10.1.1.A.1.253 Update Fixes Wifi Issue

Sony Rolled out new firmware 10.1.1.A.1.253 4.1.2 Jelly bean update to Xperia Z Devices today.
This update is compatible for both Xperia Z C6603 and C6602 devices.

Majorly This Update Fixed the frequent dropping of WiFi connectivity and made improvements when it comes to performance and stability of Xperia Z when compared to the stock version of the jelly bean.



Just went through the upgrade of 10.1.1.A.1.253 through PC Companion, it was successful.
I saw few members reporting the failed boot up of Xperia Z or Xperia Z just dont start up after 10.1.1.A.1.253 update through PC Companion, do not panic!

The solution for not booting up is to reinstall the 10.1.1.A.1.253 version through PC companion, you can get the link to the reinstall software the Sony PC.

Alternatively, if you would like to download the FTF file of 10.1.1.A.1.253 for flashing through flash tool, you can follow this link and download it.

Keep your issues and comments coming to this blog through the below comments section.

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Monday 6 May 2013

Insert Smileys Emoticons in Sony Xperia Messages

This post is all about how to insert smileys and emoticons in messages for Sony Xperia Smart Phones.I was wondering and in the same shoe as you, thinking about how to Insert Emoticons, Smileys in Messages in Sony Xperia Mobiles, Specifically Sony Tipo running ICS 4.0.4.

Inserting Smileys in Sony Xperia Mobile is not straight forward, just follow the below steps to insert the smileys in your messages SMS.
  • Tap on the Message Icon to Open the Message APP
  • You Will See the Qwerty Keyboard for you to enter the message
  • Touch and Hold the 121? with Smiley Icon Button to display the In-built smileys on your Sony Mobile.
  • Select the Smiley, you want to insert.

This will show the Smiley Emoticons in the message, check the below screen shot.In short, just touch and hold the 121? on your qwerty xperia keyboard

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Friday 3 May 2013

Where to Buy Mobile Touch Screen and LCD Replacement Parts

This post is all about where to buy the mobile touch screen and LCD replacement parts for a cheaper price for all the smart phones right from sony xperia to nexus, iphone, samsung and HTC. It is quite obvious that, the touch screen digitizers or the lcd screens of the mobiles will break out some day as we mishandle them.

The easiest and the most cheapest way to replace the touch screen digitizers and the lcd replacement parts is, through sourcing the parts from china.I recently broke my Tipo St21i touch screen digitizer as well as lcd, these two parts costing me almost the price of the mobile phone when i inquired in sony service center, so i decided to source these parts from china and desperately wanted to get this mobile working.

At this point i strongly feel that touch screen digitizers and lcd's can be replaced very easily as they have a connector plugins.

Now, where to get these mobile replacement parts sourced.?

The only one stop trading site is Alibaba and Aliexpress, visit these websites and search for your mobile replacement parts, you will find many number of suppliers who actually trade the replacment parts for the smartphones at cheaper prices. I visited this store in aliexpress to get the touchscreen digitizer for st21, where i got it for around 14$

The next question in your mind would be how about the shipping cost and reliability?

I first suggest to get in touch with the supplier of the store through the trade manager or web based trade manager  and then finalize the price and go for a free shipping either through Hong Kong Post or Free Shipping to India (World wide) Via China Post Air Mail.

As the LCD's and the Touch screen digitizers are light in weight and mostly the hong kong sellers are reliable sellers, this will be a hazzle free shopping at Alibaba or aliexpress, but do check the feedback score before making a purchase, its almost similar to ebay.

The delivery time is 15 days on normal working days and during festival season it may end up from 15-30 days, but its worth wait.

I got my tipo working in just 15$, where i had to spend almost 90$ at sony service center..Good Deal!
Give a try at Alibaba or Aliexpress

Discuss the touch screen digitizers and lcd replacement partsfor mobiles using the below comments section.

Update: Check This post before making a purchase

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HP Photo Creations For Windows 8

Start with a Photo and End with a Masterpiece, this is a tag line of the HP Photo Creations Software by HP which will allow you to Design, Print and share amazing Photo Keepsakes. 

Quickly, HP Photo Creations is free software by HP that lets you easily create photo books, calendars, collages, greeting cards that you can print at home with some basic computer skills.Know more about HP Photo Creations by watching the below video. Definitely, this is not the replacement for the awesome legacy HP Photosmart Essential software

 

HP Photo Creations is compatible with Windows 8 operating system, check the below links to download HP Photo Creations for Windows 8

For Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, Windows® 7, and Windows® 8 (39.6MB)
Free Download v3.4
For Mac OS X (38.8MB)
Free Download v3.4

Discuss more about HP Photo Creations using the below comments section.

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Fix for HPSF.exe has Stopped Working Error Message

HPSF.exe has stopped working. This application has encountered a serious problem and must close, this seems to be the most common error if you are using any HP Device, and it assures a HP Software is installed on your Desktop or HP Laptop or notebook and in windows 7 operating system.

To Give you more information, this error is related to HP Support Assistant Application that is installed on your PC, follow the below steps on how to fix the HPSF.exe has stopped working error message.

Click on Start-->Control Panel--->Programs and Features
In the list select HP Support Assistant and click on uninstall, once the uninstall is done, reboot your machine and download the latest software from the below link and reinstall.This should reslve the "HPSF.exe has stopped working. This application has encountered a serious problem and must close" error, and you will never see it again.

Download HP Support Assistant


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