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 [...]
Continue reading...1. March 2009
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.
Continue reading...27. February 2009
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.
Continue reading...26. February 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...25. February 2009
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There are many online and offline applications out there to do various fun things with your photos. Whether you want to strech or skew them, convert them to black and white, or blow them up into a poster. One things I haven’t seen to be very affective, is converting your images into art such as [...]
Continue reading...25. February 2009
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Whether you know it or not, for every application that access your internet connection or network in some way, uses some type of network port. Some examples include port 80(http/web) or port 443(https/ssl), which you use regularly with your everyday PC. Along with that includes many applications that access various other ports that you may [...]
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2. March 2009
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