Just a quick update for tonight. Sometimes the tech savvy amongst us are called upon to look at all sorts of computers belonging to friends, family, work colleagues and sometimes unwanted acquaintances. Trying to find out more about the computer with which you are dealing can be difficult especially for ancient hardware. Unless you know about the …
Category: Windows Vista
Dec 13 2010
Geek Toolkit Recommendation – CPU-Z
- By Boydo in CPU, Flash, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Processors, Storage, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Nov 10 2010
Phone Disk – Use Your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch as a Portable Drive
- By Boydo in Apple, Connectivity, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Wi-Fi, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Wireless
Ever since the original iPhone came out, people have complained about Apple’s decision to prevent its use as a portable drive. Apple’s original iPods (excluding the iPod Touch) all supported the use of the device as an external drive which would show up in Windows or MacOS as another disk drive. There have been a …
Nov 09 2010
Turn Your USB Drive into a Bootable Windows Medium
- By Boydo in Flash, Interfaces, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology, USB, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP
If you have a netbook or a more sizeable notebook that does not come with an optical drive you may find yourself in a quandary when attempting to reinstall Windows from scratch. When I bought my netbook it came with Windows XP which made me feel like crying until I worked out how to put Windows 7 …
Oct 17 2010
Terminate A Lingering Windows Media Player
Since building my new computer I have noticed that when I have closed Windows Media Player its process would continue to run in the background and, over time, gradually use up more memory. Now, I’m not short of memory by any means with 12GB in total but this problem does have the side effect of …
Oct 16 2010
Basic Screenshot Tips & Tricks for Windows
Every now and then, I need to capture screenshots to share with colleagues via e-mail or to embed into a PowerPoint presentation or a document. Sometimes, it can be a pain having to crop your screenshots to get a particular window or a particular object on screen. Here are a few tips to make your …
Oct 09 2010
Stop Windows Update Nagging You to Reboot
I’m sure many other Windows users out there that dread “Patch Tuesday” (which is the second Tuesday of each month when Microsoft release all of their critical patches) and the subsequent reboot required to make the patches take hold. Of course, I make sure to get around to rebooting as soon as I can but …
Oct 03 2010
4K Hard Drives – Prep Them Properly
- By Boydo in Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Some of us may have come across the term “4K hard drives” or perhaps “advanced format” hard drives. For many, these terms would simply drown in the sea of other confusing computer terminology that techies have come to love and consumers have come to hate. So, the first question to get out of the way …
Sep 27 2010
Microsoft Pegs Back TechNet Licensing
As recently as yesterday, Microsoft has pegged back the number of license keys available for each version of products available in its TechNet subscriptions from ten down to five for TechNet Professional subscriptions and two for TechNet Standard subscriptions without notice. Existing subscribers who have already claimed all of their keys are unaffected but those …
Sep 16 2010
Internet Explorer 9 – Beta Released Today
- By Boydo in Browsers, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista
Another short one for this evening. It’s been plastered on all the major news websites so you would have to have been blind to have missed it. The beta release of Internet Explorer 9 has been released today with much fanfare from Microsoft. I have to say that its performance so far has been fairly …
Aug 25 2010
Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta Available
- By Boydo in Anti-malware, Antivirus, Firewall, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Security, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Just a quick update for this evening. In news that might have slipped under the radar, Microsoft has released a beta version of its popular Microsoft Security Essentials software. This version of the software sports a few new features but also keeps down the bloat which is great for low end computers like netbooks. New …
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