Best. App. Ever. Its completely free and register via this referral link and we both get free extra space!! http://db.tt/Cp0xqxY

Yes, seriously its that good. The best way to get free extra space is to sign up via a referral link. This will give you 250 MB more of extra space than you would have received by simply signing up regularly. If you have an .edu email account then that will be 500 MB of free extra space. If you are a student and already have a dropbox account, then there is no need to restart one with your .edu email address. Instead just go to dropbox.com/edu and you can link your .edu email address to your current dropbox account and (after verification by email) you will now get double (500 MB) the added space for each referral. This 500 MB boost is retroactive too so anyone you have already referred will count as 500 MB for you (but only 250 MB for them unless they are a student as well). You should link your .edu email address before you start doing some of the other steps as some of them may give you double space as well in addition to just the referrals.

Also be sure to complete the six steps in the “Get Started” tab of the home screen to get another 250 MB.

Go to dropbox.com/free to link your facebook and twitter accounts and get 128 MB for each of the six tasks you complete. Thats a total of 768 MB more of additional space on top of the standard 2 GB given to any normal registration without a referral.

Get this amazing app that makes sharing and syncing files a dream at:  http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTI2NTY2OTI5?src=7

UPDATE: Dropquest 2011 runs until January 29th, 2011 – So Hurry!!

How to complete Dropquest 2011 using the minimum number of steps required:

First, you’ll need a Dropbox account. If you don’t already have one, sign up through this referral link to start off with an extra 250 MB. You’ll need to log in to your account before you can participate in Dropquest.

After that, it’s simple. Just follow these steps in the correct order. If there’s a link, click it; if not, just do what it says.

1. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011
2. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/D
3. Clicking here will solve the puzzle in step 6 for you
4. Enter “33739”
5. Clicking here will solve the sudoku in step 10 for you
6. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/x
7. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/h
8. Enter “baff1e”
9. Enter “Drew Houston”
10. Share a new folder named “1F75CC” with dropquest@dropbox.com
11. https://www.dropbox.com/about
12. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/R
13. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/t
14. Enter “badcabbage”
15. Enter “1133471056”
16. Enter “Dr0pbox heaRts U”

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If you are poor like me but still want to help then you could sign up for dropbox with this affiliate link: http://db.tt/Cp0xqxY (it gives us both free extra space). Its a SUPER useful service that you really should try – especially if you are a student or have an iPad or smartphone. It will change your life for the better – I promise. For tips on how to use dropbox to its fullest see my rundown.

Question:

I recently updated my Creative Sound Blaster sound card (PCI Express X-Fi Xtreme Audio) on Windows Vista Home Premium (on a Dell XPS 720) and now I no longer have any sound from my Logitech Z-5500 speakers via the optical cable. How did I fix it?

Solution:

The answer is to repair (NOT re-install) the driver via the provided software CD. The original update brought my driver version to V. 6.0.1.1283. I then promptly lost all sound, except with headphones in to the computers auxiliary jack (not the sounds card’s jack). I then checked “roll back driver,” in device manager, but still no sound. Re-installing also did not help. For some reason, the only thing that brought my sound back was to select the repair option on the driver CD. It brought my diver version down to V. 6.0.1.1281 and then all sound was restored on the Logitech Z-5500 speakers via the optical cable.

Here is the Download Driver section of Creative for the SB X-Fi PCI Express:

http://support.creative.com/downloads/welcome.aspx?nDriverType=0&nOS=26&nLanguageLocale=1033#Drivers

I am assuming that from this point you have already installed the Blackberry Desktop software version 4.1 or later and that the modem is correctly installed (this is part of the standard install for the desktop software).

To verify this, from the start menu, select control panel:

1. In the top right corner, type “phone modem” in the search box.

2. Select Phone and Modem Options

Select the Modems tab.

You should see “Standard Modem”. This is the Blackberry Modem.

Select “Standard Modem” from the modems tab and click the Properties button.

In the General tab, select Change Settings on the bottom (you must be an administrator to change these settings).

Click Continue on the User Account Control Security warning that follows.

Under the Advanced tab, you must be sure to enter the Extra Initialization Commands:

AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”wap.cingular” (remember this is for AT&T phones only, for others go here)

Click OK.

Next, from the start menu, select control panel:

1. In the top right corner, type “set up connection” in the search box.

2. Select Set up a dial-up connection

Next select Connect to the Internet.

Select Next.

If you are prompted to use a connection that you already have select No, create a new connection.

Select Next.

In the “How Do you want to Connect?” box, Select the last option: Dial-up.

Select Standard Modem as the modem to use.

Enter the following information in each box:

Dial-up phone number: *99#

User name: [leave blank]

Password: [leave blank]

(I renamed my connection name to: Blackberry Connection, you can pick your own creative title)

Select Connect.

Now you have to Turn Off IP Header Compression.

To do this, from the start menu, select control panel:

1. In the top right corner, type “connections” in the search box.

2. Select View Network Connections

Next, right click on the Dial-up connection that you have just created and select Properties.

Then go to the Networking tab.

Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) (be sure to not uncheck the box) and then click Properties.

Then click the Advanced… button.

Within the PPP link section, uncheck Use IP header compression.

Click OK to close all open dialog boxes.

That’s it. You’re done!

If prompted by the message “Internet connectivity test was unsuccessful”, see the Blackberry Forums. For other Blackberry models and other carriers follow these instructions. If you still get an error after checking all settings you can try to resend your service book by clicking your Blackberry Options >> Advanced Options >> Host Routing Table. >> HIT MENU, then register (on your Blackberry device).

REMEMBER: The Blackberry Desktop software must be running while you have your Blackberry Curve 8310 tethered via the USB cable to use the device as a modem. A few people have said that they can use the modem without a data plan without any extra charges however I have not personally tested this.

Has this info been a help to you? Please consider donating to help me pay for hosting costs. I hate ads as much as you do, which is why I will never have them here. But that means I have to pay for all costs related to this website out of my student loans or from money I find laying on the street. I make no profit from this content or this website and all donations go strictly to pay for hosting and bandwidth costs. Even a small donation really does help. Thanks!

If you are poor like me but still want to help then you could sign up for dropbox with this affiliate link: http://db.tt/Cp0xqxY (it gives us both free extra space). Its a SUPER useful service that you really should try – especially if you are a student or have an iPad or smartphone. It will change your life for the better – I promise. For tips on how to use dropbox to its fullest see my rundown.