Well…. For various reasons I’ve had to replace my Blackberry 7100g cell phone. When I first got it two years ago it worked really well for about 1 week… Then it started dropping calls, turning itself off, etc… So I went back to the Cingular Store where I got it and they made me call Blackberry and … well.. they … Read more
I was doing some poking around on my keyboard to see what shortcuts where still working in Windows Vista. Thankfully all the ones I was used to were still there.. But, there had to be more? Newer… Groovier?? Well, here is a list of all the Windows Vista keyboard shortcuts. I don't know how Groovy these are… But they will … Read more
From time to time I find that I need use of a telnet client… And, when I used Windows XP primarily, I would just drop to a command prompt and type the command. Well, that is not quite as simple in Windows Vista. By default, Vista doesn't include the Telnet client, but you can install it very simply by following … Read more
By default, upon install, the Windows Vista desktop is empty… Aside from the recycle bin. You can add back the “Computer”, “Documents”, and “Network” Icons very easily. First “right-click” on the desktop. From the context menu choose the “Personalize” link. When the next window opens, look in the left hand corner, you will see two links. Click the “Change desktop … Read more
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 was looking over the new back-up utility in Windows Vista.. And looked into the help files to see this: Will automatic backups run if my computer is turned off? No. If your computer is turned off during the scheduled backup time, automatic backups will not run. However, the next time you turn on your computer, you will be able … Read more
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