Get Logitech QuickCam support in Windows Vista and 7

Trick to Use Logitech QuickCam Messenger in Windows Vista » My Digital Life

1. Download QuickCam 8.4.8 with driver for WinXP.
2. Install WinRAR if not already installed yet.
3. Open the setup installer qc848enu.exe and unpack its contents to a folder. Alternatively, right click on qc848enu.exe and select “Extract to qc848enu\” option.
4. Insert or plug in the Logitech QuickCam Messenger to a USB port if not already done so.
5. An “Driver Software Installation” icon in systray (notification area) should appear, which will pop up detailed message if click. It should fail, and “Add Hardware Wizard” dialog window will appear. Choose to install the driver manually by instructing the Wizard to locate and look for the web cam driver inside the Drivers folder under the unpacked folder of the qc848enu.exe setup program. You can use browser button to select the folder.
6. Windows Vista should grab the XP driver and install it properly.
7. Download the latest version (10.5.1) of Vista compliant QuickCam software from Logitech to install the software on Vista.
8. Run the setup (qc1051enu) normally. You may need to skip the detection of webcam near the end of installation process.

Pidgin fonts problem under Windows

It seems that no fail-safe font for GTK under Windows.
Solved by adding font alias

Edit C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\etc\pango\pango.aliases
Adding the target fonts as alias

ref: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2966

Setup Mathematica font in Xming

Edit font-dirs in C:\Program Files\Xming
Add the font dirs
or extract fonts to C:\Program Files\Xming\fonts\TTF

The Mathematica font can be found here

bbDRIVE - free alternatives of WebDrive

HKBN have relicense WebDrive from South River Technologies for its bbDRIVE service
The feature of bbDRIVE is restricted to its use. However, the restriction could be removed easily.

1. download bbDRIVE from
http://www.hkbn.net/bb1000/download/wd_7_34_1801_bbdrive_english.exe

2. Restore the UI by removing key content in registry
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\South River Technologies\WebDrive]
"UIDisableList"=""
"BasicUI"=0

redir --- Simple port forwarding tool

redir --lport 10022 --caddr=192.168.0.10 --cport=22

ref: [Linux] 簡單的 port forward 工具