Use your Motorola Q as a broadband modem MotorolaQ

Surf at broadband speeds as you tether your Q.

I found the following info where someone figured out how to use your Motorola Q as a broadband modem! Now before everyone jumps at me a little disclaimer, "If you should decide on using this workaround you are breaking your terms and conditions of your contract with Verizon Wireless and could be dropped". Ok now that’s out of the way here is how it is done.

The reason I won’t to figure this out was financially motivate. I would love tethering via USB without dishing out $35 for PDANet.

To setup the Q:

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2. Enable Dial-Up Networking

3. Go to Start, Accessories, Modem Link

4. Make sure that "USB" is selected under "Connection"

5. Select "Activate"

6. Download the driver Here.

7. Plug in the Q.

8. When the New Hardware Dialogue appears, select "Install from a specific location" and point to the folder you have stored the driver.

9. Clicking "Next" a few times will complete the installation.

To prevent the phone from locking up, you have to do these steps in this order.

1. When you go into the "Modem Link" program, you will select Activate and then Done. The Q will return to the home screen.

2. Plug in your USB cable.

3. Tether.

4. When done, disconnect the DUN connection on the computer side and wait for it to be clearly gone.

5. Reopen the Modem Link program and select "Deactivate".

6. The hourglass thingy will appear. Once the status reads "Inactive" select done.

7. The Modem Link program will exit and now the Q will function in Activesync mode again as normal.

8. Enjoy

After you have installed the modem driver –

9. Open internet explorer and select tools/internet options.

10. Click the connections tab

11. Under Dial-up and VPN settings click "add"

12. Select Dial-up to private network click next

13. Select only the Motorola q USB modem, click next.

14. Verizon users enter #777 for the phone number(other carriers use your internet access code)click next.

15. Enter Q USB modem for the name and click finish.

16. Verizon users enter "vzw" in the password field; leave the user name and domain blank. Click OK.

17. Select Dial whenever a network connection is not present then click ok.

If your phone is activated as in steps 3-5 above, your internet connection should work!

If this is not working for you, try out PDANet for $35. You can download it at http://www.junefabrics.com/pdanet/index.php.

Here’s what it looks like running:

I was able to run XMRadio Online without a skip using only the PdaNet Modem. So the Verizon network is pretty fast. Nice… XMRadio tune while you code at the beach!

They have a 7-day trial with the Bluetooth support version. Great stuff, either way. I’ve used both and $35 is worth it to me to save the time switching back and forth between ActiveSync and DUN.

Put iTunes on a Diet

With iTunes 7.7, Apple has given Windows administrators a little more flexibility in how the music and device synchronization manager can be installed. Not only can administrators control which elements of iTunes get deployed, they can also push the software out to desktops via Microsoft's Active Directory Group Policy.

Although Apple has made it easier to synchronize certain data (e-mail, calendar and contacts) to the iPhone without requiring a direct connection to an iTunes-enabled PC, administrators will find that iTunes is still necessary is some cases. iTunes will continue to be needed for further iPhone software updates, to unlock iPhones that had an illegal passcode entered too many times or to add homegrown enterprise software to the devices.

To streamline the operation of iTunes just a little to fit the new role Apple hopes it will find on the enterprise desktop, the iTunes setup file now supports option flags that can be run from the command line as part of the setup command. The command takes the form of:

iTunesSetup.exe NO_FLAG1=1 NO_FLAG2=1

In order to maintain version control across desktops, iTunes can be installed without its update engine (flag NO_ASUW=1). A check box for the feature will still appear in the setup wizard interface, but the installation will ignore the value set here.

To avoid iTunes use of Apple device discovery and file-sharing protocol, administrators can set the Bonjour flag (NO_BONJOUR=1), and avoid all the network chatter that comes when iTunes tries to automatically share its music directory to the local subnet.

Or if you already have QuickTime installed on your workstations, you can skip that part of iTunes setup with the flag NO_QUICKTIME=1.

Home users without an iPhone could instead choose to install iTunes without mobile device support (NO_AMDS=1).

The iTunes 7.7 setup file can actually be broken up into pieces. Using your favorite unzip program (although I could not get the Windows integrated unzipper to do it), unpack iTunesSetup.exe to a temporary folder. You will find six Windows Installer (.MSI) packages—AppleMobileDeviceSupport, AppleSoftwareUpdate, Bonjour, iTunes, QuickTime and SetupAdmin—that can be appended to a software installation policy via Microsoft's Group Policy Management Console.

Keep in mind that, as a minimum for iPhone device support, iTunes requires QuickTime and Mobile Device support, so make sure to include those two packages plus the core iTunes installer when deploying remotely.

Administrators can also lock out the use of some iTunes features via the registry, allowing them to control the use of some iTunes services like Internet Radio or access to movies or TV shows.

For more information, check out these two documents: Apple's iPhone Enterprise Deployment Guide (PDF) (Chapter 4) and Windows OS Managed Client: How to Manage iTunes Control Features.

Capture iPhone Screenshots

To capture screens on your iPhone or iPod Touch 2.0, hold down the home button on the front of the iPhone, and press the on/off button at the top of the device. Your display will flash briefly and your screen capture will appear in your Photo store.

We spent some time trying to find a type of screen that the application would not capture—a playing YouTube video, or a moving progress indicator, for instance—but every screen image we set out to capture was duly grabbed.

How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users

SUMMARY

This article describes how either an Exchange Server administrator or end users can prevent the Winmail.dat attachment from being sent to Internet users when using the Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Connector (IMC).

When an end user sends mail to the Internet from an Exchange Windows or Outlook client, a file attachment called Winmail.dat may be automatically added to the end of the message if the recipient's client cannot receive messages in Rich Text Format (RTF). The Winmail.dat file contains Exchange Server RTF information for the message, and may appear to the recipient as a binary file. It is not useful to non-Exchange Server recipients.

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To control whether or not to send messages in RTF, follow the option that best meets your situation:

•	Creating Custom Recipients When an administrator creates a custom recipient using the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program, click to clear the Always Send To This Recipient In Microsoft Exchange Rich-Text Format check box.
•	Modifying Existing Microsoft Exchange and Custom Recipients An administrator can prevent an existing user account (Microsoft Exchange user or custom recipient) from sending RTF information by clicking to clear the MAPI Recipient check box on the Advanced property page of the recipient's properties. An administrator can view the recipient's properties by clicking the recipient name, and then clicking Properties on the File menu.
•	Addresses in the Personal Address Book End users can modify the Internet addresses in a personal address book (PAB) to prevent sending RTF information by clicking to clear the Always Send To This Recipient In Microsoft Exchange Rich-Text Format check box in the SMTP - Address property page of the Internet address in the PAB. To obtain the properties of an entry in the PAB, click the entry, and then on the File menu, click Properties.
•	Configuring the Internet Mail Connector (IMC) An administrator can configure the IMC with RTF options in the following manner: 1. Open the Internet Mail Connector Properties page. 2. Click the General tab. The Send Microsoft Exchange Rich Text list box controls the sending of rich-text data. There are three values to choose from: • If the value is set to User, the recipient properties are used to determine whether or not to send RTF information. • If the value is set to Always, RTF information is always sent, regardless of the recipient properties. • If the value is set to Never, RTF information is never sent. An administrator can also configure the option to send RTF information on a domain-by-domain basis. To define e-mail domains and the message settings for that domain, click the E-Mail Domain button of the Internet Mail tab.
•	One-Off Addressing Anyone can send e-mail to an Internet user from an Exchange or Outlook client by using one-off addressing. One-off addressing allows you to send a message to addresses that are not in the PAB, the global address list, or in any recipient containers. Depending on the type of the one-off address used, RTF information is or is not sent with the message: • Rich-Text Information Is Sent: If the one-off address has the following format, RTF information is sent with the message: [SMTP:SMTP Address] where SMTP Address is any valid SMTP address, for example: user@microsoft.com To verify that RTF information is sent: 1. In a new message, type the address in the SMTP address format in the To field. On the Tools menu, click Check Names. You will see the SMTP address without the "SMTP:" and the name is underlined. 2. Double-click the address to bring up its properties. If the Always send to this recipient in Microsoft Exchange rich-text format check box is selected, rich-text information (the Winmail.dat file) is sent along with the message. • Rich-Text Information Is Not Sent: If an end user is using a one-off address and does not want to send RTF information to the recipient, the address should have the following format: SMTP Address where SMTP Address is any valid SMTP address, for example: user@microsoft.com NOTE: Unlike the address in the "Rich-Text Information Is Sent" section, the SMTP address is not proceeded by "SMTP:" and the address is not enclosed in square brackets ([]). If the Check Names check box is selected, the properties of the address will show that the rich-text option is not selected. However, no matter what option is selected for the address of the recipient, the IMC settings determine whether or not RTF information is transmitted. If the IMC is set to never send RTF information, even if the properties of the recipient address have the rich-text option selected, no RTF information is transmitted. If the IMC has separate settings for individual domains, the settings for those domains takes precedence for all messages addressed to users in those domains. Optionally, instead of typing the hex value in the edit field, click Editor, select File Version, and then click OK. On the File Version tab, in the fields provided, type the appropriate build number of Imcadmin.dll in the following format 5.5.2650.24. To determine the correct build number of Imcadmin.dll, do a search for the file on the Exchange Server. Once you have found it, right-click it, click Properties, and then click the Version tab. The build number appropriate to your server is listed here. Type this number into the value field and click OK. You then see the appropriate Hex value in the edit field.

How to Convert FAT Disks to NTFS

This article describes how to convert FAT disks to NTFS. See the Terms sidebar for definitions of FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. Before you decide which file system to use, you should understand the benefits and limitations of each of them.

Changing a volume's existing file system can be time–consuming, so choose the file system that best suits your long–term needs. If you decide to use a different file system, you must back up your data and then reformat the volume using the new file system. However, you can convert a FAT or FAT32 volume to an NTFS volume without formatting the volume, though it is still a good idea to back up your data before you convert.

Note  Some older programs may not run on an NTFS volume, so you should research the current requirements for your software before converting.

Choosing Between NTFS, FAT, and FAT32

You can choose between three file systems for disk partitions on a computer running Windows XP: NTFS, FAT, and FAT32. NTFS is the recommended file system because it’s is more powerful than FAT or FAT32, and includes features required for hosting Active Directory as well as other important security features. You can use features such as Active Directory and domain–based security only by choosing NTFS as your file system.

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Converting to NTFS Using the Setup Program

The Setup program makes it easy to convert your partition to the new version of NTFS, even if it used FAT or FAT32 before. This kind of conversion keeps your files intact (unlike formatting a partition).

Setup begins by checking the existing file system. If it is NTFS, conversion is not necessary. If it is FAT or FAT32, Setup gives you the choice of converting to NTFS. If you don't need to keep your files intact and you have a FAT or FAT32 partition, it is recommended that you format the partition with NTFS rather than converting from FAT or FAT32. (Formatting a partition erases all data on the partition and allows you to start fresh with a clean drive.) However, it is still advantageous to use NTFS, regardless of whether the partition was formatted with NTFS or converted.

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Converting to NTFS Using Convert.exe

A partition can also be converted after Setup by using Convert.exe. For more information about Convert.exe, after completing Setup, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER. In the command window, type help convert, and then press ENTER.

It is easy to convert partitions to NTFS. The Setup program makes conversion easy, whether your partitions used FAT, FAT32, or the older version of NTFS. This kind of conversion keeps your files intact (unlike formatting a partition.

To find out more information about Convert.exe

1. After completing Setup, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.

2. In the command window, type help convert and then press ENTER. Information about converting FAT volumes to NTFS is made available as shown below.

   

   Converting FAT volumes to NTFS

To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt

1. Open Command Prompt. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then clickCommand Prompt.

2. In the command prompt window, type: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs 

For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs format. You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.

Important  Once you convert a drive or partition to NTFS, you cannot simply convert it back to FAT or FAT32. You will need to reformat the drive or partition which will erase all data, including programs and personal files, on the partition.

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Terms

File Allocation Table (FAT) 
A file system used by MS-DOS and other Windows-based operating systems to organize and manage files. The file allocation table (FAT) is a data structure that Windows creates when you format a volume by using the FAT or FAT32 file systems. Windows stores information about each file in the FAT so that it can retrieve the file later.

FAT32 
A derivative of the file allocation table (FAT) file system. FAT32 supports smaller cluster sizes and larger volumes than FAT, which results in more efficient space allocation on FAT32 volumes.

NTFS File System 
An advanced file system that provides performance, security, reliability, and advanced features that are not found in any version of FAT. For example, NTFS guarantees volume consistency by using standard transaction logging and recovery techniques. If a system fails, NTFS uses its log file and checkpoint information to restore the consistency of the file system. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, NTFS also provides advanced features such as file and folder permissions, encryption, disk quotas, and compression.