1.15.2010

disable negative dns caching

Sprint Novatal 2200 mifi devices seems to produce a lot of negative (unsuccessful) dns responses, so just disable the negative caching on windows XP.....

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000


1.12.2010

eFax - Free trial - not really free

eFax offers a "free" 30 day trial.  Though the signup process you are not told how many pages can be sent or received for free.....

I got two charges for sending over 30 pages ($10 in overages).  When I went to cancel, they said they'd only refund the normal fee ($10).

Decide for yourself if it's worth dealing with a company that isn't up-front with their terms......