Scammers: They really need to try something new

Happy Tuesday !!!   Unless you are not reading this on a Tuesday. In  which case I would say,   “ Happy   ________day!!”   So, this morning  I opened up my e-mail and was treated to another …  (*dum dum duuummm*) E-mail, scam attempt!!!  (I feel like there should be lightning strikes and thunder when I say [...]

Warranty Schmarranty

Here’s an interesting read about Apple’s wonderful customer service. Note my sarcasm?Â
Anyway, here’s a short clip of the article.

The Apple Retail Store Hates You  -
I recently visited the Apple store to exchange a defective power adapter which was still under warranty.  I still have the defective adapter, as it has now cost more [...]

Windows 7 Telnet Client

I dropped to a command prompt today on my Windows 7 machine to telnet into my Cisco Router and found, that once Again the Microsoft telnet client is not installed.

It seems that, as with Windows vista, the Microsoft Telnet client is not installed by default.   But luckily it’s pretty easy to install,  just follow these [...]

Google Wave Invites

Hello peoples !! Want an Invite to Google Wave?  Well, as It so happens, I have a few to pass out. I’ve still not figured out how I am going to make use of this new service but, I log in from time to time and give it a go.  When I logged into my [...]

Scam attempts: Aren’t they cute?

Howdy all! I hope all is well for everyone this fine day!
Today, I got a fresh scan attempt in my e-mail.  This one is interesting in that fact that  it abandons the old  “Hey, I’m in another country and my pop died and I need to funnel his money out…” route.  This is attempting to [...]

Windows 7 error 86

Windows 7 & Windows 2000  -  Error 86 when mapping drives.

One of my upgrades this week to Windows 7 was from a Windows XP laptop. Following  the steps I outlined in my previous post the initial process was a breeze!  No problems at all!!  Simple, some would say,  and as everything else goes as soon [...]

Windows 7 Clean Install from Upgrade

Windows 7 seems to be a hit!
Since it’s release on October 22, I’ve installed it in one form or another MANY, times probably twelve in the last 6 days.   The first couple of upgrades concerned me slightly because of the indefinite answer on whether or not you could do a clean install from the [...]

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