Skagen watches - Buy or no buy?

Jazzy — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:05:49 +0800

Anyone here owns any Skagen watches or had experience with this brand before? Would appreciate if you could share your bits of experience.

I have concerns especially on the warranty and after sales support part.

Official website - http://apac.skagen.com/#

SQL Server 2008 bug?

Jazzy — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:30:03 +0800

Ok guys, this is the situation as per below.

Database - SQL Server 2008
Table - Product
Column - Product_Id (contains 2 rows of data - 1st 'AAA001' & 2nd - 'AAA001_' [white space at the end])

Findings
1. When I perform the following query

CODE

SELECT * FROM PRODUCT
WHERE PRODUCT_ID = 'AAA001'

It returns both 'AAA001' & 'AAA001_' rows. It suppose to return 'AAA001' only.

2. When I tried to check length on both, it returns 6. It suppose to return 'AAA001' - 6 & 'AAA001_' - 7

Any sifoos here know what is happening here and mind to share some enlightenment?

Is there a settings to force SQL SERVER 2008 to DETECT that white space?

Say No to TOSHIBA!

Jazzy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:59:37 +0800

Guys, recently had a very bad experience with Toshiba after sales services. Anyone else faced such similar situation?

Below is my complaint forwarded to Toshiba HQ.

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I had a horrible experience with Toshiba after sales services. In Oct 2008, I had purchased a GR MG48MD model. Less than 6 months, it got faulty. I found that the main compartment temperature was unusually warm irregardless of the temperature set at the controller.

On 13/04/2009, I called Toshiba Malaysia helpline and logged a call (Ref no ******) and was told the usual response time was approximately 3 working days. Even on the 4th and 5th day, no responses despite numerous chaser calls. Everytime, the customer service gave the same excuse - This call had been forwarded to the technician days ago, he will call you shortly.

Finally the technician called on 18/04/2009, hours before he planned to drop by my house for physical inspection. For the customer's convenience, I would appreciate the appointment to be made at least a day before hand rather than a few hours. Technician came by, performed the inspection and concluded the door is faulty resulting cool air leakage. The solution, a door replacement to be delivered tentatively on 24/04/2009.

No news again on 24th and I have to call the technician. He promised to call me on the next following working day which is on 20/04/2009, Monday to confirm the delivery date. Again, no calls from him and I have to chase him for another 2 days before he directed me to call his colleague whose in charge of the logistics. To add to my sufferings, the logistics guy also could never be reached for that entire day. Finally, I referred back to the technician and he promised me again to provide me the status later that day. Again, no responses from Toshiba.

I was totally disappointed and would never expect such pitiful after sales services from a well known brand like Toshiba. I would never ever again to purchase another item from Toshiba.

Please share your thoughts/experiences on how you able to go around it.

DSP Global

Jazzy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:03:32 +0800

As per title, anyone here who had heard of the said company or working with the said company, please kindly share your experiences and thoughts here.

The company is in Plaza Damas.

Machine cannot access to any antivirus websites

Jazzy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:30:48 +0800

Guys,

I am going to make it short and simple here.

Symptom
Machine cannot access to any antivirus websites. (Using IE 7 & Firefox)

Findings
Host file is clean. No abnormal entries in it, only 1 liner of local host.
Scanned and cleaned viruses/trojans/malwares/worms. (Using several tools like Spybot, Fixdownadup, Combofix, Hijackthis)

However, the issue still persists. Hope you guys out there could share some light here.

Below are the latest log from Hijackthis. Please take a look.

CODE

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 12:22:12 PM, on 1/31/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013)
Boot mode: Safe mode with network support

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:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\conime.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Wensy\Desktop\FixDownadup.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Link Helper - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveShellExtensions.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\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
O3 - Toolbar: ?¨¬3¦Ì(FlashGet) - {E0E899AB-F487-11D5-8D29-0050BA6940E3} - C:\PROGRA~1\FlashGet\fgiebar.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE
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: [EOUApp] "C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EOUWiz.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: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [GrooveMonitor] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ZSSnp211] C:\WINDOWS\ZSSnp211.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Domino] C:\WINDOWS\Domino.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YAHOOM~1.EXE" -quiet
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [H/PC Connection Agent] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync\wcescomm.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
O4 - Startup: OneNote 2007 Screen Clipper and Launcher.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\ONENOTEM.EXE
O4 - Startup: WordWeb.lnk = C:\Program Files\WordWeb\wweb32.exe
O4 - Global Startup: BlueSoleil.lnk = ?
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: ???¡¥??¨¤¡Á5 - {09BA8F6D-CB54-424B-839C-C2A6C8E6B436} - E:\Program Files\Thunder Network\Thunder\Thunder.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ???¡¥??¨¤¡Á5 - {09BA8F6D-CB54-424B-839C-C2A6C8E6B436} - E:\Program Files\Thunder Network\Thunder\Thunder.exe
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Create Mobile Favorite - {2EAF5BB1-070F-11D3-9307-00C04FAE2D4F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\INetRepl.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {2EAF5BB2-070F-11D3-9307-00C04FAE2D4F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\INetRepl.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Create Mobile Favorite... - {2EAF5BB2-070F-11D3-9307-00C04FAE2D4F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\INetRepl.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {85d1f590-48f4-11d9-9669-0800200c9a66} - C:\WINDOWS\bdoscandel.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Uninstall BitDefender Online Scanner v8 - {85d1f590-48f4-11d9-9669-0800200c9a66} - C:\WINDOWS\bdoscandel.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: ?¨¬3¦Ì - {D6E814A0-E0C5-11d4-8D29-0050BA6940E3} - C:\Program Files\FlashGet\FlashGet.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ?¨¬3¦Ì(FlashGet) - {D6E814A0-E0C5-11d4-8D29-0050BA6940E3} - C:\Program Files\FlashGet\FlashGet.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
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
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nwprovau.dll
O15 - ESC Trusted Zone: http://*.update.microsoft.com
O16 - DPF: {0CCA191D-13A6-4E29-B746-314DEE697D83} (Facebook Photo Uploader 5 Control) - http://upload.facebook.com/controls/2008.10.10_v5.5.8/FacebookPhotoUploader5.cab
O16 - DPF: {ADACAA8F-3595-47FE-9C31-9C7471B9BEC7} (OCXDownloadChecker Control) - http://www.itis.com.my/atis/sp1/ocxChecker/cab/OCXChecker_8198.cab
O18 - Protocol: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveSystemServices.dll
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
O23 - Service: BlueSoleil Hid Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\IVT Corporation\BlueSoleil\BTNtService.exe
O23 - Service: BrSplService (Brother XP spl Service) - brother Industries Ltd - C:\WINDOWS\system32\brsvc01a.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Event Log (EvtEng) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe
O23 - Service: Qvod Terminal - Shenzhen QVOD Technology Co.,Ltd - C:\Program Files\QvodPlayer\QvodTerminal.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Registry Service (RegSrvc) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Service (S24EventMonitor) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe
O23 - Service: USBest Service Zero (UTSCSI) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\UTSCSI.EXE

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End of file - 7882 bytes

SOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Skagen watches - Buy or no buy?

SQL Server 2008 bug?

Say No to TOSHIBA!

DSP Global

Machine cannot access to any antivirus websites