Problem Installing Need For Speed Shift

I just want to post up a quick solution for those having problem installing their copy of games acquired from EA (Electronic Arts) particularly on the latest episode of Need For Speed, Shift.

If you are hitting error that says ” Cannot install to the selected directory because the path contains the following characters: \\/:*?”"<>|; ” or not having the actual game name printed on the setup window title, read on.

1. Uninstall your copy of PhysX and get the latest version installed later on.
2. Install the latest version of ATI Catalyst if you are running on ATI chips.
3. Remove Microsoft Applocale if you are using one. (In many cases, you probably would have one installed)
4. Remember to restart or else you will find yourself in no luck after attempting all steps said above.
5. Good luck! I got mine working by following these steps.

More help/ Resources:-

• http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/mirrors-edge/379317-help-cannot-install-ini-file-error.html
• http://www.gamingnewslink.com/2009/09/20/fixing-need-for-speed-shift-pc-errors-crashes-freezes-other-problems/

Enjoy the game!

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Cannot read Chinese words in games/programs

The problem: I need to surf to a website that is in Traditional Chinese and when I open it. Hoola~

The reason: Computer is not set to read non-Unicode language like Traditional Chinese. You can view yours at Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Advance > Language for non-Unicode Programs

The solution: There are number of solutions in actual facts but let’s stick to 2 simple ones.
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Picasa 3 as a Windows picture viewer replacement

I have never been a big fan of Google Picasa software. I tried Picasa during the early days when Google first released this little piece of software back in 2004.But I didn’t get hooked up by it unfortunately as I’m much more comfortable with the image management software provided by my camera’s manufacturer. Today, I give it a try on the new version available for download today, version 3.1.

I’m not too sure what have changed till then but certainly I will keep a copy in my computer for quite long this time. It’s the Windows Picture Viewer replacement feature that Picasa provides really appeals me, very useful!

I’m going to talk specifically about this part for now.

With this Picasa picture viewer, we can navigate across images in a folder easily through the image thumbnails (no space wasted, it won’t leave any thumbnail caching files behind like Windows’s)  generated at the bottom of the window.

Of course, we can also zoom in and out easily like how we can with Windows Picture viewer. In addition! We can drag and move the image around just in case we want to look closer on a particular part of the picture.

All these can be done in a breeze with few mouse wheel roll and a few mouse clicks minus the painful experience of using the scrollbars to move the image around.

Get serious

• Picasa 3 Official Download Page
• Know more about Picasa at Wikipedia
• 5 Obscure Picasa Features You Probably Didn’t Know About
• Picasa Basics: Picasa 3 feature overview

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Coppermine Theme based on Wordpress’s Brightness

Remember that I launched a face-lift to my Coppermine gallery last November? Now I’m proud to release this theme to the public for FREE.

This is my first thing getting my hand on Coppermine themes seriously. So, you gotta do something in order to get the theme works for you.

Take note that this theme is totally independent and it has absolutely nothing to do with your Wordpress Brightness theme whatsoever. Changes made here and there won’t influence each other as well.

How to use? Download the theme, and open up theme.html and start looking for YOURDOMAIN. You will need to replace it with your own website domain, of course!

And for the top bar links, you will need to manage/edit them manually as well. Open up theme.html and you will know where to start looking.

View Demo

Download

PS: You are free to edit the source code. :)

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New Photo Album

As what our parents have been telling us, as what the people always sing in Chinese New Year songs, new year must wear new clothes, wear new hat, and then horrr, we must change new photo gallery also! Lame.

HugoLim's Photo Album (based on Zenphoto)

My new photo album is based on ZenPhoto. What drives me off Coppermine’s camp to Zenphoto’s? The main reason would be the dynamic image processing mechanism and folder-based albums structure. It saves hell lots of headache and time managing the album.

And at the time being I’m using StopDesign theme for my new photo album and tweaked abit here and there to improve usability. Head on there and have a look, now!

Image Credit to For Inspiration Only for the post thumbnail found here.

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