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Unknown Device driver Windows 8 and Folio 13

I just installed Windows 8 onto my HP Folio 13 and one unknown driver. After some trial and error I narrowed it down to the Intel Smart Connect Technology Driver. I downloaded the driver from here.

Attached picture of the device properties of the unknown driver prior to me installing this new driver.

Backing up my Solar Pogoplug

I've been running 123solar on my Pogoplug for almost a year now, and started to get concerned about loosing the historical data. So I started to look around at options for an automated backup.

I simply followed the instructions here

http://www.opticality.com/blog/2011/07/16/installing-crashplan-on-a-pogoplug-pro/

After doing so, I had some java issues, with following error:

dl failure on line 696Error: failed /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/arm/server/libjvm.so, because libffi.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

done.

when you use a non-reparenting window manager

set _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 in

/etc/profile.d/openjdk6.sh

Optional dependencies for openjdk6

    icedtea-web: web browser plugin + Java Web Start

    alsa-lib: for sound

    giflib: for gif format support

Fix was this command:

ln -s /usr/lib/libffi.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libffi.so.5

Syncing Dropbox to an SD card on an HP Elitepad

I've now managed to get Dropbox syncing to the SD card on my HP Elitepad, following the same instructions I used for SkyDrive, namely:

1. Format the MicroSD card as NTFS (otherwise this method will not work).
2. Create a Folder C:\Data
3. Create a mount point for the MicroSD drive as C:\Data on the fixed drive.
4. Install Dropbox Desktop and supply C:\Data\ as the Dropbox folder.
5. Dropbox will create a dropsub dir and start syncing to your SD card

Letting Skydrive save to a MicroSD card in HP Elitepad (windows 8 tablet)

So I just got my HP Elitepad, I wanted to sync my documents using Skydrive to an SD card. At first Skydrive wouldn't let me do this, fortunately I came across an article here, with some simple steps:

1. Format the MicroSD card as NTFS (otherwise this method will not work).
2. Create a D:\Skydrive folder on the MicroSD.
3. Create a Folder C:\Data
4. Create a mount point for the MicroSD drive as C:\Data on the fixed drive.
5. Install Skydrive Desktop and supply C:\Data\Skydrive as the skydrive folder.
6. Watch Skydrive "fill both folders" with you Skydrive cloud data.