Over the course of my career where USB flash drives and external flash drives have become more commonplace (compared to the 1990s where floppy disks and compact discs were king) I have been shocked by the number of people that simply pull out a drive without first ejecting it. In some cases, this has lead …
Tag: Windows
Jul 03 2010
Always Eject External Drives Before Removal
- By Boydo in CD-ROM, Flash, Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Optical, Storage, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
- buffer, cache, CD, FAT, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, Flash, floppy disk, Hard Drive, NTFS, USB, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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Jul 02 2010
When All Else Fails, Use Malwarebytes
- By Boydo in Anti-malware, Antivirus, BitTorrent, Browsers, Communications, Connectivity, Email, Flash, Hard Drive, Instant Messaging, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Optical, P2P, Security, Storage, Technology, Windows Vista
Today, a work colleague and friend of mine had an issue with her computer being overcome by a nasty piece of malware formally known as PolyCrypt and commonly disguised as “Security Master AV” (which looks a lot like the Windows Security Centre). The computer was still operational and remote accessible via LogMeIn (which I have …
Jun 24 2010
Windows Shortcuts Are Your Friend
- By Boydo in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows Vista, Windows XP
With the advent of the mouse and the GUI (Graphical User Interfaces) many years ago, the vast majority of people may relegate the humble keyboard for menial tasks such as word processing, playing games, entering URLs as well as login credentials. What people may not realise is that there is a whole myriad of shortcuts …
Jun 05 2010
Keep Your Computer Clean With CCleaner
- By Boydo in Browsers, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology
Like a car, computers require maintenance (both hardware and software) and unsurprisingly a lot of people don’t understand how to keep their computers in good condition. As a result, people may result for expensive and bloated utility software that does little more when compared to free alternatives. With hard drive sizes soaring into the stratosphere, …
Jun 02 2010
Hard Drive Capacities – Know What You Are Getting!
- By Boydo in Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology
Over the years, you may have wondered whether or not you have been duped when you bought a new computer with a hard drive of a higher capacity that your current computer or maybe when you just buy a new drive to put into your existing computer. The shop of manufacturer may advertising one capacity …
May 30 2010
Parted Magic – Disk Partitioning Made Easy
- By Boydo in CD-ROM, Flash, Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Optical, Storage, Technology, Windows 7
Once in a blue moon, you might find yourself in the situation where you need to slice up that huge hard drive (or maybe a smaller solid state drive) into multiple partitions. Partitions can make your data easier to manage by keeping logical types of data separate. For example, my computer is setup as follows: …
May 23 2010
AirVideo – Media Streaming for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad
- By Boydo in Apple, Connectivity, iPad, iPhone, iPod, MacOS, Microsoft, Mobile, Operating Systems, Technology, Wi-Fi, Windows Home Server, Wireless
In anticipation of our iPads arriving on Friday (although I am predicting a Thursday release so Apple gets the hop on the media), I have been looking for a media streaming solution to counteract the 16GB capacity of our purchased iPads. If we are at home, having to sync media for an impulse viewing is …
May 16 2010
Skype Beta – Five-Way Video Calling Released
- By Boydo in Apple, Communications, iPad, iPhone, Linux, MacOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Skype, Technology, VoIP
A little while back, I wrote about Skype and how it is great for free, high quality voice and video calls to other people that also use the Skype service. This week, Skype released a beta version of Skype into the wild that is capable of five-way video calling which is up from the usual …
May 12 2010
Handy Tip – No Dataflow and Pings Respond with “oy”
Bit of a strange one today (perhaps a bit dry) but I was out fixing a problem with a computer at For Dogs’ Sake this evening fixing a computer that had been infected with some malware. The computer had no dataflow through a web browser (which would promptly crash) but ping tests would work albeit …
May 02 2010
MS Courier & HP Slate – iPad Killers Being Killed Off Themselves
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, WebOS
Over the course of this week, there have been some shock announcements regarding potential competitors to the Apple iPad, specifically the Microsoft Courier and the HP Slate. On Thursday, Gizmodo reported that Microsoft had summarily pulled the Courier out of the incubator and tossed it in the bin. Certainly, in my opinion, the Courier looked …
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