Guess who wrote the OS for the Infotainment System.

Considering that it is a new car, I don’t think the diagnostic was correct. Besides, there’s nothing really wrong with the car. I had no trouble with the brake system or the contorl of the car. must be false positives.

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I believe that the Infotainment System in this 2014 Mazda3 has a lot of Microsoft codes, just like Ford Sync.

The Malware that doesn’t take “No” for an answer.

Thursday morning, the day after Christmas 2013 I received a call from someone who needed help. “Fred” callously clicked on an attachment from a phising email purporting from Amazon.com.

After that, he kept seing Windows User Account Control (UAC) asking for confirmation to load some executable file.

Clicking “No” did not really help because UCA kept popping up subsequently.

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I booted Windows 7 into “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” and launched Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

I located load command in the registry.

ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWindows”

delete the content from the “Load” key.

Christmas Eve 2013

Some of the gifts had been opened and we’re having such great time watching Seinfeld episodes, especially “The Strike“; the one with Festivus.

For no reasons at all, here’s a photo of Rufus “UniCone” Cornelius T. Cat by the Christmas tree, complete with a ribbon.

Merry Christmas Eve!

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Taken with Canon EOS 60D and Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens.

  • ISO: 500
  • Focal Length: 50mm
  • Aperture: f/1.4
  • Shutter Speed: 1/80

Bite My Shiny Mazda3 Infotainment Center

Bender and Mazda3 Infotainment Center

One thing that is annoying about cars with Infotainment Center is that they do lock up. I’d say the word “crash” but I felt it’s a bit uneasy to use when talking about car.

The Infotainment Center on this particular 2014 Mazda3 locked up and would not go beyond the Mazda logo. It’s nice to know that the radio and the CD player wouldn’t work either if the Infotainment Center locked up.

What a first world problem.

Trouble with Apple Activation Server

I am not sure what is going on with Apple Activation Server today. I was able to update 2 iPhones and an iPad earlier. It seems one of the iPad could not be activated.

The next step is to put the iPad into recovery mode and restore iOS.

Trouble with Apple Activation Server