Here’s a golden utility for the ages: SafeMSI is a user contributed single file to Windows IT Pro that does one thing and one thing only. When you’re in Safe Mode you can’t install or more importantly uninstall an application…
Started to experience a different error with a group of Hewlett Packard DX2200 PCs; earlier I discussed at length [intlink id=”1456″ type=”post”]odd SATA issues[ I powered on a DX2200 and it started a rapid beeping, like when you hold a…
I went on a three week trip to Europe and Africa this spring and wanted a portable computing device. OK, I really wanted an iPad but they weren’t available yet so I started looking at notebooks using Intel’s ultra low…
I look after a number of HP dx2200 PCs at work; it’s a solid Pentium 4 PC with off the shelf components. I mention that as all it’s components are standard and not crazy OEM modified items: motherboard, RAM, CPU…
While on my recent trip I picked up the June 2010 issue of PC Plus; in it they glowingly recommended a product called DriverEasy. I was on vacation and although PC Plus is the most expensive British tech mag import…
I’ve been running two WordPress sites for several years on 1 & 1 web hosting. Last year I made a major restructuring of eBabble and in doing so created a new SQL 5 database to keep it separate. Early this year…
With Apple’s release of iOS 4 for their cornucopia of portable devices I was anxious to get this update for my [intlink id=”309″ type=”post”]iPhone 3G[ Before I could install the new OS I had to install a new version of…
Setting up a PC for a friend and they needed some sort of backup. My first thought is always Windows Home Server but this was a single PC and the extra cost couldn’t be justified. I turned again to Macrium…
On my recent vacation at night my daughter would watch her favourite Disney movies on my Acer Timeline 1410 11.6″ laptop. Everything worked well and the picture was great but the sound, even at full volume in Windows 7 Professional…