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I’m Going on Holiday, What do I need to Disable on my iPhone?

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Problem

Here in Europe the big mobile Telco’s are being forced to keep roaming prices down. But going abroad with all your data services turned on can mean you might come back to a big bill.

Solution

1. On most peoples phones “Data Roaming” is already disabled (Mines always off).Data Roaming is designed to let you use another provider’s phone network if your carrier signal is too weak. On some sites it says you cant use your phone abroad if you have this disabled I DISAGREE, I’ve got it disabled and I use my phone every time I’m out of the country?

Settings > General > Network > Data Roaming.

2. If you see ActiveSync and/or have mail pushed to your phone, you might want to also disable “Mobile Data” to stop that happening while your away.

Settings > General > Network > Mobile Data.

3. That’s Data stopped but your phone will still function as a phone. WARNING you may still be charged “call forwarding” if your phone rings and you let it go to answer phone while you are away. I don’t mind that, because I prefer to keep my phone on. If you want to disable the phone and text features as well, e.g. You Just want to use the Camera, iPod, and Alarm capabilities. Then just put the phone in Airplane mode, (which isn’t a word Apple! The word is Aeroplane!)

Settings > Airplane Mode.

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Windows – Using the Same Keyboard and Mouse Across Multiple Machines

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Problem

Here’s the setup I have on my desk at home,

When I’m working from home and my laptop is docked (as shown). I wanted to use my main keyboard, (Logitech G15) and mouse (Cyborg R.A.T. 9), to control both the main PC and my work laptop.

As it turned out when I finished I could also use the laptop keyboard and touch pad to control the main PC as well, and I could drag and drop files between desktops.

Solution

1. Download Microsoft Mouse Without Borders, it does not really matter which machine you install it on first, I chose the main PC. Run the setup file and accept all the defaults.

2. I hadn’t, so I clicked no.

3. Fair enough, I left this on the main screen and installed the software on my laptop.

4. Post laptop install, select yes.

5. Supply the code and computer name from the main PC, Click Link. (Note: mine failed for a while because XPS-630i responds from the internet! so I had to put it in my hosts file you should NOT have this problem).

6. Next.

7. Done.

8. After a few seconds the settings panel will launch, you can DRAG your machines into the right order > Apply.

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