Windows Utilities Treasure Trove
While the following trove of Windows utilities would most likely benefit any custom-PC building geek, it will most certainly help fill your own tool belt of helpful Windows Utilities. The following is a list of test utilities for DIY computer builders: Note: If you are OverClocking or use any automatic overclocking BIOS features, Intel EIST or Turbo Mode (Disable it), then drop back to the stock...
Read MoreBonjour – Be a Printer God!
Plugging printers or plotters into an existing network usually requires giving a printer an IP address, just as you would any computer. This requires a certain amount of skill once the printer is unwrapped. Yawn. But years ago, Apple released a technology that allows anyone that can manage the unboxing of a printer to set it up on a network, have both PCs (since 2005) and Macs connect to it and...
Read MoreWashington D.C. shoots Goo over the bow of Microsoft
Washington DC has recently decided to hang up the keys to the Microsoft Upgrade Closet and adopt Google Apps for its city employees. The choice Washington DC has made will help to cut their budget by $3.5 million in software licensing fees alone. That looks good for taxpayers; not for Microsoft. Of course this doesn’t necessarily spell doom for Redmond, but it doesn’t necessarily look fab...
Read MoreComputing 101: Leave it on or turn it off?
I’m still asked this question frequently. And I used to have a pretty long-winded answer about the pros and cons of each choice; it involved power, hardware wear-and-tear and time vs. productivity and, well, so on. Now the advent of cheap RAM has caused me to re-evaluate my opinion on the matter, which is: unless a frustratingly long computer startup effects your productivity in the morning,...
Read MoreXP Service Pack 3 Problematic
Hold off on the update for now So it’s no surprise that the new Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Windows officially released last week, which finally incorporates the nearly 100 security fixes that have been released after the aging Service Pack 2, is having issues. I have intentionally held back on a universal update on machines I help to maintain, but I have updated a few without incidents so...
Read MoreGates and Jobs Meet Without Lawyers
Yes, it’s true folks. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs meet on the same stage without their lawyers, hitmen or body guards. They were asked some good questions and even showed some appreciation for each other. You can read the transcript at the conference web site http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070530/d5-gates-jobs-interview/ and even view the highlights reel Source ...
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