Author: Admin

If you ever get into a situation where you can't find the password used on your Qwest DSL account, and you have an Actiontec M1000 router (or similar), give this procedure a shot:

- You can find your account username on the Quick Setup page, listed as "PPP Username"
- Set your router admin password if you have not already done so. Take note of the username and password you set. It's important.
- Go to Start --> Run and enter "telnet 192.168.0.1"
- Login with your admin account and password, i.e., admin/admin
- Run this command "cat /var/tmp/pppoe_password". The output is your account password.
- Confirm your account credentials by logging in at at http://www.qwest.net

Good luck!

Update 5/29/2013: You may also want to check out my updated post: Recovering the PPP Username and Password from a Centurylink Actiontec C1000A

I recently re-installed XP on my Dell Latitude
D820 for the third time in 2 years and ran into a familiar problem: My
line-in audio was not being played through the speakers. By default,
the Dell driver, R171789 (SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio) does not
come with the input monitor enabled. You can modify the driver INI
file(s) manually to enable this and other related options.

Backup these files (make a copy in the same directory named 92XXM2-2.INI.orig):
    C:\DELL\drivers\R171789\WDM\92XXM2-2.INI
    C:\Program Files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\WDM\92XXM2-2.INI
    C:\Program Files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\DellXPM_5515v131\WDM\92XXM2-2.INI

Edit each one and change the following settings to reflect what is shown:
    EnableInputMonitor    = hex: 1
    DigitalInputMonitor     = hex: 1
Additionally you can/should turn on these options that allow for greater control of the sound card options:
    To see all of the config tabs (that I know of):
       Config_Tab = dword: 0x000000ff
    To see all of the Advanced config options:
       Config_Adv = dword: 0x000fffff
    To allow sample rate adjustment:
       Config_Rates = dword: 0x000000ff
    To disable automatic input switching (helps avoid feedback)
       RecordPriority = dword: 0xffffffff
   

Here is a copy of my edited 92XXM2-2.INI
file (enables the Levels tab and Automatic Input selection
en/disabling). Alternately, if you are so-inclined, you could open
regedit and
alter these settings manually. However when you do so, the changes get
wiped out by a re-install of the driver, so altering the INI file is
really your best bet.

You
can now uninstall the device you have in device manager and re-install.
Reboot to ensure you apply the change to the Sigmatel chipset.

After
rebooting, plug in your device. A pop-up should prompt you for the
input type. You may choose to tell it to no longer prompt you for this
change. Then, go into the Volume Control, uncheck mute on Input
Monitor,
got to Options, Properties, select Line-in and you should hear your
input. Also, you may choose to drop the volume on the Internal Mic down
to 0%. This will help you avoid horrible feedback should you switch to
the internal mic.

If
you don't have a D820, it possible that your INI file may be different.
To identify what the proper INI file is,  open regedit and search for
this string:
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
Look for
the key named "DriverDesc". In this folder/tree you should also see
"IniPath". Open this key and look at the name of the INI file in the
path. This should be the correct INI for your model.

UPDATE 2/11:
If you feel inclined to do so you can change, with a decent amount of
granularity, which options you can see in the Advanced tab. This is
done by flipping individual bits on or off in the Config_Adv registry
setting. Here are the applicable decimal values for each option:

To enable or disable any of these options, just add or subtract it's
decimal value (shown) from the decimal value you see in regedit (when
the decimal radio is selected). For example, to display configuration
options for Pop-ups, Microphone Selection, and Noise Suppression, just
add 256+2048+64. This gives you 2368, which you can paste into regedit
when you select the decimal radio. This will convert to 940 in hex.

Run the following commands:

cd /www/docs/mydomain.com/
grep -R "extension_loaded("gd")" * | awk -F":" '{print $1}' | sort | uniq

Wait at least 30 seconds. It's searching all the files in this directory. Each of the files returned will contain the string 'extension_loaded("gd")', which must be replaced with "0" to make those IF statments false. For example, admin.php contains the line:

if (extension_loaded("gd") AND ($gfx_chk == 1 OR $gfx_chk == 5 OR $gfx_chk == 6 OR $gfx_chk == 7)) {

Modify it so that it says this:

if (0 AND ($gfx_chk == 1 OR $gfx_chk == 5 OR $gfx_chk == 6 OR $gfx_chk == 7)) {

If you are leet, and know VI, a simple replace command would be:

:1,$s/extension_loaded("gd")/0/g

And that should be it!