Ok. After much complaining and whining, I finally got my Surface Pro. My purchase plan had to update a little, but everything seemed to work out nicely. I had planned to get the whole package from Best Buy but, if you read my previous crazy rant. You know that didn’t work out. I ended up watching the Microsoft Store website like … Read more
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 simple steps: Click the … Read more
Did you know you can configure the Microsoft IIS 6 web server to automatically insert an HTML-formatted file to the bottom of every web page sent out by your Web Server? Well, you can. For example, you host several sites and want to add a link back to your company for advertisement. You could create a simple HTML file that … Read more
Had a dandy today. A client called saying that their computer would no longer boot. When I asked them if there was any kind of error message, they read me the following: Win_root\System32\Hal.dll missing or corrupt: Please re-install a copy of the above file. Sounds serious, huh? It is. When I arrived at the office there was an ominous “clicking” … Read more
Ninety-nine percent of the time I work on websites for myself and others from the comfort of my home office. I can kick back relax and generally get a lot of work done. Sometimes, however, I need a “Change of local”… The office gets a little confining. Instead of copying the site (or sites) I’m working on from desktop to … Read more
I was wandering around the web this morning and saw an Article over at ZDNet about Windows 7 prices.. Which led me to this other link to a Microsoft Pre-Order Windows 7 page. And, looky here!! Starting tomorrow, June 26, you can pre-order upgrade versions of Windows 7 at 50% off!!! Here’s a blurb from the page: It’s pretty simple … Read more
We’ve got a new “Hands-on” video with the new (soon to be released) Zune HD. Here’s a quick reminder of what we know (or think we know) so far about the Zune HD. The Zune HD will ship on September 5, 2009. Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) touch screen. 16:9 widescreen format display (480 x 272 resolution) High-definition (HD) video output … Read more