KtecK Tech Blog

You may all be wondering what happened to StreamDesk 2.0…. to put it simply plans changed. It was decided to continue the 1.x branch in the short term with plans for 2.x in the long term. Earlier in the month I released 1.1.1 of StreamDesk for Windows that added GeekShed IRC to it since many Chris Pirillo viewers complained about the lack of chat, It also restored Justin.tv feeds.

Well when 1.2 is released there will be many changes that are to be announced when it’s released and even more goodies in future versions. This is my commitment to the community… I won’t let you down.

To show good faith here is a screenshot of 1.2

You may notice it closer resembles my good ol Widget Pack… and that was the inspiration for that ui…. but don’t worry users who love the tree menu can turn it on via view menu .

That’s all for now in the StreamDesk department so I better stop before I ramble on.

Tags: Chris Pirillo, GeekShed, IRC, StreamDesk, Widget Pack

I’ve had a black 2nd gen MacBook since late 2007. When it was new it was a nice machine and I used it as primary machine for months. Soon after it went to being second machine. Later on i found out that a person i know had the hard drive die on his  I was slightly worried since mine was from same batch/era.

Well… it happened the stock included drive died to a painful clicking sound. It turns out both of our machines were part of a bad batch of hard drives and this failure was bound to happen… Thanks Apple for making me have to rebuild machine from scratch. The drive sat around for a few months before I actually did the AppleCare on it (I Used my own 250gb drive and that one is still going strong) and it was sure BS. I had to be driven to another city two times because Apple doesn’t do mail in repair in Canada…. how lame is that? As soon as i got the machine back i pulled the apple drive and put mine back in.

Anyway here is a picture and video of the dead drive.

Tags: click, Death, Failure, Hard Drive, Macbook

In the modern world of SATA enabled machines reinstalling xp can be hell… This guide will help you integrate sata drivers onto your xp cd.

Note: You will need to have a SP1 enabled cd before you are able to integrate sp3.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any lost files, damaged hardware, or any other damage resulting from the use of this tutorial; back up any important files just in case. Use of this guide is at your own discretion.

1. Get the required items:

• Windows XP CDRequires a SP 1 or newer cd
• Drivers you may want to integrate (extract them)

2. Download the tools:

• nLite 1.4.9.1

3. Install the tools:

• Install nLite in any folder of your choicer

4. Intigrate the Service Pack:

1. Download Windows XP Service Pack 3
2. Insert XP CD
3. Open nLite
4. Press Next button
5. Click Browse… button and browse to your CD drive
6. Click OK
7. Click OK
8. Browse to your preferred destination for the project (this is where it stores the files it works with)
   If the folder does not exist press the Make New Folder button and name it whatever you want
9. Let the file copy finish
10. Click Next button
11. Click Next button
12. Select Service Pack button and press Next button
13. Click Insert button and browse to the Service Pack 3 update you downloaded
14. Click the Next button
15. Click Insert button and insert all updates
16. Click the Next button
17. Click Yes Button
18. Wait for the process to finish (This is gonna take a while)
19. Click Next and click Finish and quit nlite

5. Add SATA drivers:

1. Re-open nLite
2. Click Next button
3. Click Next button
4. Click Next button
5. Select Last Session and click Load and wait for it to say Loaded: Last Session
6. Click Next button
7. Deactivate Service Pack by clicking on it
8. Activate Drivers button
9. Click Next button
10. Insert your SATA (raid) drivers you want to integrate and click Next
11. Click Next
12. Enter disc name in the Label field and click Make ISO button
13. Browse to where you want to save the iso file and name it and press Save
14. Test in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to see if your created ISO works
    (its easy to use)
15. If it didn’t work retry from the start
16. If it works burn it to CD/DVD

Tags: guide, modern, SATA, sp2, SP3, WIndows, XP

Despite Asus releasing Windows 7 drivers for two newer Eee PC models they left out many legacy model users. I took this as a chance to put together a driver pack for the 1000ha and 1000he and tested it on both of those models… it may work on others in the 1000h series tho.

You can download the driver pack  @ http://help.kteck.ca/windows-7-drivers-for-asus-eee-pc-1000ha-1000he.hlp

Tags: 1000ha, 1000he, Asus, EEE pc, Microsoft, Windows 7

As a continuation of my Windows 7 coverage I present the unboxing pictures from my dad’s copy of Win7 Pro Upgrade (Pre-Order). I would have got it my self when that deal was in place but I had no spare money at the time. More win7 content on the way too tho

Before I ramble on here is the pictures

Tags: Contents, disc, Microsoft, Package, Windows 7