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December 28, 2008

Getting full screen video on a second monitor using VLC

This was driving me nuts. I have just rebuilt my machine and previously was able to watch full screen movies using VLC on a second monitor. After the rebuild VLC refused to go full screen.. the picture would always flip to the main monitor. After a lot of playing I finallaly found the option under preferences.. show settings all.. video.... untick embed video.. This seperates the controls from the video window and was the only thing that seemed to work for me.

December 15, 2008

Unlock the Vodafone panel on the SE X1

The vodafone panel can be unlocked by changing the key HKLM/Software/SonyEricsson/PanelManager/Panels/Vodafone Panel/Locked to 0.

Hard Reset SE X1

I am sure I will need to do this at some point in the future.

Reset button is located under the Battery cover. Pull your stylus, along the Right side there is a round hole (no need to remove battery!)

Power off you X1.
Hold down the two "Soft" keys and turn power back on to your X1..
Release the two key....
You should see the white screen with blue text asking if you want to restore to the "factory" default setting....Press "r"