Happy Post 4th of July!!! I hope everyone was safe in their celebrations…. ie.. no one burnt down their or their neighbor's house!! I talked a while back about setting Windows XP to auto logon… I've been setting up a lot of Vista machines lately and it seemed like this was not going to be an option for the new … Read more
I am interested in another layer of back-up for my important files and have considered trying one of the online back-up services. There seem to be a quite a few out there and most of them offer a free version, paid personal, and business. Anyone have any experience with these??? IDrive-E free:2GB of storage space absolutely free Option to upgrade … Read more
I had a friend call just now. Turns out his kids had been playing with his computer and now his Windows desktop has turned on it's side. I.E. the top is to the left, bottom moved to the right.. etc. Mouse movements, everything was affected. Well, should this ever happen to you or anyone you know, just hit Ctrl-Alt-“up-Arrow” on … Read more
This week’s Site of the Week is the Microsoft Surface Website. This is really a pretty cool thing. Take a second and check it out.. Next thing you know, the Borg will be invading. Oh, kind of interesting the site seems to be done in Flash and not Silverlight
Tuesday I blogged about my possible solution for the dreaded: “A data file did not close properly the last time it was used and is being checked for problems.” Well, yesterday it started happening again. So, I did some more research.. When Outlook SAYS it's checking the file for errors… It never: Tells you if there were errors Fixes the … Read more
Since installing Office 2007, I've had a little trouble with Outlook. It seemed that Outlook or some process would not close the data file properly upon exit. Causing, this message nearly every time I started Outlook. Although it didn't appear to be causing any trouble, it was VERY aggravating!. I think I have found a solution. I added my PST … Read more
It seems a recent Windows Security Update (KB928843 MS07-008) may cause an issue where the Realtek HD Audio Control Panel may not start after it is installed. If you are getting the error below: Rthdcpl.exe – Illegal System DLL Relocation The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the DLL … Read more