ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

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 lure you in by … Read more

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 as “they” said it … Read more

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 upgrade disk. I had a … Read more

Another Scam Attempt

Hi all!  Got another scam attempt in “Ye Ole” e-mail today.  Now this one is pretty obvious but,  I thought I would go ahead and post it in one more attempt to thwart the evil doings of these stinking Scammers.  As always,  if you get this e-mail (or anything that resembles this e-mail)  delete it!!  Do not respond, do not … Read more

Email Scam: Taking the Military Tact

Oh You… Spammers! It’s amazing the tactics that these Spammers go through to try and steal money from you.  This one is attempting to target our Patriotic feelings by claiming to be coming from an America Soldier. Hello friend, My name is Scott Whittington, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military with the 1st Armored Division … Read more

Use the Snipping Tool to Capture Menus

When Vista came on the scene one of the new features I thought was pretty cool was the new Snipping tool.  It’s a really useful little utility and for the most part it’s great.  In Windows 7, the tool is still there (no improvements that I can see).  But, one of the things about this little utility that bothered me … Read more