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WTB - Faulty MacBook Pro 13in 2017 Model No. A1708

kwws — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:04:21 +0800

Hi,

I am looking to buy any faulty 13in MacBook Pro 2017 model to buy, specifically Model No. A1708.

Please pm or post here if you have such model that you are looking to get rid off. Thanks!

AF issue on Sigma 10-20mm

kwws — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:26:30 +0800

Just got my sigma 10-20mm not long ago and i'm annoyed by the AF inaccuracy it possesses...
I wonder if its the lens or my 30d prob or is it that most of the ultra wides have this kind of issue.

The focus distance meter on the lens revealed to me that my copy of sigma has abit of AF issue, often does the issue arises when im focusing subjects around 1-2meters away, it tends to frontfocus resulting in picture seems to be soft even when using f8-f11...
So far this happens at when autofocusing between 10-14mm
i tried manual focussing and parfocal focussing method n the results seems to be lots sharper than relying on autofocus.

Anyone facing this problem?

fyi parfocal method is zooming out to 20mm on my sigma n focus it then zoom back to 10mm to obtain better accuracy.

Canon RAW vs. JPEG

kwws — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:41:53 +0800

I'm a 30D owner and recently I've came to realise that Canon's in-camera post-processing on JPEG seems to have taken out alot of fine details especially noticeable when shooting subjects around 4-5 meters away.

It seems that the jpeg underwent quite an amount of luminance NR which results in softer looking images, whr I mistook it for lens fault or AF at times. After I inspect both RAW and JPEG from the same images taken, I've realised that RAW is Definitely 15% sharper in resolving resolution and after slight sharpening in Lightroom the JPEG can be thrown out of the league.

This is quite a disturbing issue for jpeg quality as RAW is time consuming to be treated.
To look from a brighter side its lucky indeed Canon's RAW is way sharper, as compared to other DSLR brands which have reported softer RAW images

Does anyone using Canon DSLRs noticed this as well? Especially 350/400/450D and 40D users

~KwwS' EOS 30D Gallery~ : Updated 14/9/08

kwws — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:18:57 +0800

Just got my 1st DSLR not long ago
some casual shots during a morning trip to a local chinese village =)
comments welcome

Came across this meaningful midget in a small kopitiam...the shopkeeper actually
prepared several glasses for ease of vision for the old people =)

A kind old man willing to be photographed =)

BOOTMGR missing

kwws — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:44:59 +0800

Scenario :
Shutdown PC when installing Vista halfway because forgotten to create partition for HDD.
As a result, failure to boot from CD...
Any pros out thr plz provide tips to relieve this issue...thanks!

MSN virus

kwws — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:08:05 +0800

helping a fren to dig out the msn virus...
i cant seem to find any suspicious file anyway
any pros out thr plz help me enlighten it...thx!

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kwws — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:11:37 +0800

i've been procastinating too long for a gallery of my fujifilm s9500 shots.
i think its time for my shots to be judge by pros over here as I need to learn to progress further.
enjoy! do drop comments yea

sorry for too many duck shots...
tats the only evident wildlife around the lake of my campus

External Flashgun for S9500

kwws — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:53:16 +0800

Im using a Fujifilm S9500...
currently in great urgent to get an external flashgun to prepare for certain event at my uni.

Any pro out thr recommend any 3rd party external flashguns to me?
Also, which place in KL would be good to scout for flashguns, accs and stuff...

sorry for these newb ques though

WTA: Photoshop CS2

kwws — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:34:12 +0800

hey guys, any idea how to convert the color effects to that pic in the link below?
I'm pretty impressed with the blue-greenish desaturate look...had a couple of experimenting myself but failed to produce the one same as original below...

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1119/867988770_abe4a72e48.jpg?v=0">

Images to replace sidebar titles

kwws — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:23:38 +0800

Hi guys,

any idea how to replace the titles of the widgets on sidebar of blogger with images??
been hunting thru the internet blog guides but couldnt find any way to replace it...for blogspot xml templates
thx

Choosing the RIGHT Prosumer Camera

kwws — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:35:42 +0800

Choosing the RIGHT Prosumer Camera

kwws — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:23:40 +0800

Hi guys i'm planning to get a prosumer camera below the budget of 1.8-1.9k for casual photography...still newbie to pro-snapshooting so planning to get a cam to start with...

I've read couple of professional reviews from websites regarding these few models and what i get is pure confusion...as each of them has their own strong and weak points...

so any pros out thr, which camera is the most recommended? currently I'm leaning over Sony H-7 and FZ-8 though...
feesbacks regarding these bunch of cameras anyone? thx alot

WTA: Guide on PDAs

kwws — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:49:53 +0800

Hi guys hope u could help out for me...im planning to get a PDA now, budget preferably below 2k...

What really drives me mad is the pros n cons of each product i have shortlisted above
eg:

SE P990i
Pros:
Good camera among other PDAs
T9 keypad + QWERTY
damn CHEAP(RM1.2K++ for AP set now)

Cons:
Heard: firmware unstable, slow response
UIQ3 software support obviously far less than PPCs'

Dopod M700
Pros:
Cheapest Pocket PC around the market
Good memory capacity

Cons:
TI OMAP processor only(omg 201mhz is this a bad issue?)
potential lagginess n slow response i suppose?
no keypad

Asus P525
Pros:
T9 Keypad available
good processor
reasonable price

Cons:
Had a fren using this, heard that this Model is 'Hang & Crash' King!!!

O2 XDA Atom
Pros:
Quite cheap oso(around 1.6k++)
similar to other PDA's specs, but with stronger processor

Cons:
Quite old model i suppose??(can support WM6?)

so as u can see, im down to dillemma, quite new into PDAs kinda thingy, so any pros out thr, advices n feedbacks regarding these models are mostly encouraged.
btw, O2 graphite isit out in market oledi? this might be a catchy one, smartphone though

Windows file missing

kwws — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:16:10 +0800

Hi guys,

A Dell Inspiron 6400 is facing such prob when booting up in BIOS:

Windows could not start because the following file is missing
or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.

Hope u guys can help out with it? any other possible ways besides the HARD way such as reformatting the pc?
thx

Postcard designing

kwws — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:01:46 +0800

Hi guys I wonder is thr any softwares available for designing n customizing modern postcards? thx

Infected!

kwws — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:12:52 +0800

accidentally received the infamous 'photo album.zip' trojan from one of my frens in MSN n now the trojan keeps on recreating itself n sends to evry1 in my contact list whenever i login msn!!! tried with full scanning of AVG - couldnt detect anything. Ad-ware personal - manage to delete 1 suspicious cookie but keeps recreating itself again!!!

this is my hijackthis logfile:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 11:10:12 AM, on 3/31/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\WLKeeper.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
c:\program files\common files\logitech\lvmvfm\LVPrcSrv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\bin\btwdins.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\NICCONFIGSVC.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\stacsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\bin\ZCfgSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\ifrmewrk.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\stsystra.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\Quickset.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
C:\Program Files\Logitech\Video\CameraAssistant.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\BTTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock\ObjectDock.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Intel\Wireless\Bin\Dot1XCfg.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelZeroConfig] "C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\bin\ZCfgSvc.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelWireless] "C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\ifrmewrk.exe" /tf Intel PROSet/Wireless
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /installquiet
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NVHotkey] rundll32.exe nvHotkey.dll,Start
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SigmatelSysTrayApp] stsystra.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Dell QuickSet] C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\Quickset.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LVCOMSX] C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LogitechCameraAssistant] C:\Program Files\Logitech\Video\CameraAssistant.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LogitechVideo[inspector]] C:\Program Files\Logitech\Video\InstallHelper.exe /inspect
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RemoteControl] "C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] "C:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSPY2002] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\PINTLGNT\ImScInst.exe /SYNC
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002ASync] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002A] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StormCodec_Helper] "C:\Program Files\Ringz Studio\Storm Codec\StormSet.exe" /S /opti
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RunDLL32.exe NvMCTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - Startup: Adobe Gamma.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Startup: Stardock ObjectDock.lnk = C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock\ObjectDock.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Synchronizer.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Bluetooth.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Send to &Bluetooth Device... - C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\btsendto_ie_ctx.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: @btrez.dll,-4015 - {CCA281CA-C863-46ef-9331-5C8D4460577F} - C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\btsendto_ie.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @btrez.dll,-12650 - {CCA281CA-C863-46ef-9331-5C8D4460577F} - C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\btsendto_ie.htm
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {2917297F-F02B-4B9D-81DF-494B6333150B} (Minesweeper Flags Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/MineS...er.cab31267.cab
O16 - DPF: {5D6F45B3-9043-443D-A792-115447494D24} (UnoCtrl Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/EN-MY/a-UNO1/GAME_UNO1.cab
O16 - DPF: {8E0D4DE5-3180-4024-A327-4DFAD1796A8D} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Messe...nt.cab31267.cab
O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer Class) - http://acs.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5free/asinst.cab
O16 - DPF: {B8BE5E93-A60C-4D26-A2DC-220313175592} (MSN Games - Installer) - http://cdn2.zone.msn.com/binFramework/v10/...ro.cab55579.cab
O16 - DPF: {C3F79A2B-B9B4-4A66-B012-3EE46475B072} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Messe...nt.cab56907.cab
O18 - Protocol: livecall - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WBSrv - C:\PROGRA~1\Stardock\OBJECT~2\WINDOW~1\wbsrv.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WgaLogon.dll
O21 - SSODL: rdihost - {BCD38DDE-BE82-4F87-8325-0DE13653835A} - rdihost.dll (file missing)
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: Bluetooth Service (btwdins) - Broadcom Corporation. - C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\bin\btwdins.exe
O23 - Service: Intel® PROSet/Wireless Event Log (EvtEng) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Logitech Process Monitor (LVPrcSrv) - Logitech Inc. - c:\program files\common files\logitech\lvmvfm\LVPrcSrv.exe
O23 - Service: NICCONFIGSVC - Dell Inc. - C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\NICCONFIGSVC.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: Intel® PROSet/Wireless Registry Service (RegSrvc) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Intel® PROSet/Wireless Service (S24EventMonitor) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe
O23 - Service: SigmaTel Audio Service (STacSV) - SigmaTel, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\stacsv.exe
O23 - Service: Intel® PROSet/Wireless SSO Service (WLANKEEPER) - Intel® Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\WLKeeper.exe

problem loading websites with javascript content

kwws — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:55:43 +0800

my browsers IE6 and Firefox automatically quits itself whenever i load websites with java content...this is pretty annoying to me as i need to constantly login to my university's website which also contains java contents....

i tried scan with HijackThis n couldnt find any possible malware on it....
n im using Java runtime environment ver.11 which should be quite new one i think...

does anyone here knows how to solve this prob? thx...its driving me mad

Internet Browser exits automatically!

kwws — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:18:32 +0800

I just noticed that my internet browsers (both firefox and IE) exits automatically whenever i access certain websites which contains java applications...i jus dunno why...could it be a trojan affecting it??

n btw, for IE's case, it keeps displaying problem in reference memory blabla...weird....

VTP 5.5 problem!

kwws — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:33:48 +0800

hi guys I tried VTP5.5 on my laptop and found out some of the icons in my control panel become unrecognised and displays some sort of euro language... french or german or wadsoever maybe...my network icon aka wireless connection icon which is supposed to be in the taskbar oso disappeared, when i try to access it the whole menu of the wireless properties displays in the weird foreign language as well...n since then my wifi always got connection problem when i online for a long period...need to reboot whole laptop then the wifi got back normal...

anybody facing my problem?? so far the vtp 5.5 could not uninstall the files fully too
guys plz help me out in this...

BA(Hons) Degree in Accounting

kwws — Fri, 19 May 2006 15:39:25 +0800

Hi, i need u guys' help to give opinions on pursuing my fren's accounting degree...

Currently, her shortlisted choice is as above...

any1 of you plz kindly provide feedbacks regarding the college u hav vote for...

p/s: would it be possibly better if she take up ACCA instead of degree?? thx

Thank you for spending time here

Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by kwws

WTB - Faulty MacBook Pro 13in 2017 Model No. A1708

AF issue on Sigma 10-20mm

Canon RAW vs. JPEG

~KwwS' EOS 30D Gallery~ : Updated 14/9/08

BOOTMGR missing

MSN virus

|||*kwws S9500 gallery*|||

External Flashgun for S9500

WTA: Photoshop CS2

Images to replace sidebar titles

Choosing the RIGHT Prosumer Camera

Choosing the RIGHT Prosumer Camera

WTA: Guide on PDAs

Windows file missing

Postcard designing

Infected!

problem loading websites with javascript content

Internet Browser exits automatically!

VTP 5.5 problem!

BA(Hons) Degree in Accounting

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