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T.J. Mininday - who has written 111 posts on The Windows Fix.

I am a long time techaholic, blogger and IT administrator living in the Midwestern United States. I have been associated with computers and technology almost my entire life. The obsession started when I first set my eyes on one of the Atari Entertainment Systems and hasn't stopped since. My Dad paid $3000+ for a state of the art PC back in the day, and I have been on one almost my entire life since. It's truly an addiction that I will never give up. Along with my Tech addiction, I also enjoy scouring blogs and the web for anything that may be interesting to write about. My posts are displayed here at TheWindowsFix, MakeUseOf and ConnectedInternet.

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A Google Maps Pedometer for Creating your own Trails

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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I was just sitting at the office today, pondering whether I was going to workout tonight. I decided yes due to the nice weather, because running outdoors is my preferred choice. The problem however is that I want to run a certain mileage and I have no idea what distances are around my neighborhood. So [...]

Hide Programs Quickly From View with BlindBossKey

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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There is no doubt about it. The internet has made the world lazier. Whether at work or home, the vast majority of people connected to the net have become obsessed with it. Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Blogs, Entertainment, News, etc, etc, etc…we’re ADDICTED! At home it’s not a big deal, but at work it can become [...]

Analyze Windows DMP Files / Crash Dumps with WhoCrashed

Monday, March 2, 2009

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Windows troubleshooting can be a serious pain. Booting into safe mode, normal mode, msconfig, registry edits, bad hardware, on and on and on. Sometimes it rolls into a huge continuous loop with no sight of an end. This is especially true when it comes to the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). A quick flash of [...]

The Best Freeware Uninstaller is Revo Uninstaller

Sunday, March 1, 2009

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Removing software from Windows can sometimes be a a daunting task. The standard Add/Remove in the Windows control panel only does a pseudo effective job cleaning up for old shortcuts, registry entries and system files. Later a more advanced registry cleaner, or program such as Revo Uninstaller is needed.

Problems Ejecting USB Drive ??? Use EjectUSB

Friday, February 27, 2009

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USB flash drives are a must these days. Now that floppy drives have gone out the backdoor, a flash drive is required to transfer any kind of data between PCs. This is of course unless you do it via the web. Although security is always an issue.

Fix SVCHOST Errors and Problems with SVCHOST Viewer

Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Whenever your PC begins problems, most people try the infamous CTRL-ALT-Delete>Task Manager and determine what processes are running and where. Of course since the beginning of “Windows Time”, we haven’t seen much come about from the Windows Task Manager. A simple display of all running processes, their CPU ID and the memory that they are [...]