Nov 05 2013
Here’s a tip if you’ve upgraded to Windows 8.1. In some circumstances your upgrade may have backed up your old Windows installation into a Windows.Old folder in the C Drive. This can take up a lot of space particularly on smaller solid state drives where available capacity can be at a premium. If you want …
Nov 04 2013
Well, it’s been a struggle over the last few days but I got there. I’ve had issues upgrading to Windows 8.1 on my Panasonic AX2 ultrabook despite trying all sorts of solutions as stated in a prior update. It’s been frustrating given that my prior experiences in upgrading to Windows 8.1 were flawless but I …
Nov 03 2013
Just an update on where I am at with the update to Windows 8.1 on my Panasonic Toughbook AX2. After trying various updated drivers, deleting my user account then establishing a new one, changing the default language to English (US) and deleting the C:\$WINDOWS.~BT folder I am just going for broke and resetting my ultrabook back …
Nov 02 2013
I have a few Windows devices including my desktop, ultrabook and Microsoft Surface and have been upgrading them one by one to Windows 8.1 (or RT 8.1). My desktop and Surface upgraded without an issue but my ultrabook was unable to finish the process with the following error: Couldn’t update to Windows 8.1 Sorry, we …
Nov 01 2013
Here’s a quick tip for Surface power users. The keyboards are one of the hardware highlights of the Surface particularly for power users. However, the F keys (like F1, F2, F3, F4, etc) are inverted such that they are assigned special uses such as accessing charms, navigation options or multimedia control. Unfortunately, this can be …
Oct 31 2013
Here’s a quick tip for Windows Phone users. You may have found that you cannot recharge a Windows Phone when it is powered off and the device will attempt to boot up before it will recharge. This behaviour could well be considered odd given that Android smartphones and iPhones have been able to do this …
Oct 30 2013
Bit of a narrow topic but thought I would share given that I couldn’t find a solution on the web. I use Crystal Reports as part of my work in conjunction with databases and Business Objects Enterprise and usually everything works without hiccups. However, I’ve built a couple of reports recently that ended up with …
Oct 29 2013
Here’s a short tip. As part of the move from analogue to digital television there will be some shuffling of digital channels across the country to help consolidate the utilised spectrum. This might seem like a big deal but it needn’t be as most digital televisions will let you know when channels have changed and …
Oct 28 2013
One major gripe people had with Windows 8 was the fact that it left you on the Start Screen rather than taking you to the desktop in prior versions of Windows. That default behaviour doesn’t change under Windows 8.1 but you can change that if you want to boot to the desktop. Here’s how you …
Oct 27 2013
The smartwatch is the next potential battleground for smart devices and the Pebble seemed to garner significant interest ahead of the big name manufacturers getting on board in a major way. Particularly, with smartphones getting larger screens approaching a whopping six inches I could see the benefit in having a smartwatch paired with a smartphone …
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