Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
DaleWindows 7 x32 RC. This happened as soon as I started Microsoft Excel 2007. Given that I was running several VMware machines and memory was running a bit low, I…
Sew me a Thread or three.
Threading, simply put, is a way for your program to do multiple things at once. Sort of like driving and talking on the cell/mobile phone at the same time. Yes…
SMS 2003 Server on Windows 2008??? – No.
Don’t even waste time on it. Oh, I’m sure you COULD get it to work, but I would not bother. Update 29 July: It is not compatible as SMS 2003…
Questions I ask when I’m asked “What PC do I buy?”
What do you want to do with it? What's your budget? Are you technically minded? A "Yes" might lead you down the path of Linux and a "No-brand" or "White…
“All over it like …
... a fat kid on Smarties ...” - heard on the ride into work today. And no, I don’t know what the people were discussing.
The “Go Bag” – Melbourne’s ‘Duck and Cover’.
We had a building evacuation today, and the discussion turned to the subject of “Go Bags”. Go Bags were suggested by the Mayor of Melbourne back on the 17th June…
“We can’t contact the Emergency Disaster Centre on the radio”
Imagine this, a scene in a Government Cyclone Shelter. "We can't contact the Emergency Disaster Centre on the radio" This particular shelter was built to withstand a Category 5+ cyclone.…
Corporate bozos – Take 2. “You want to do WHAT with Windows Vista???”
Was asked to comment on a Vista upgrade proposal some time ago, as I’ve been around the block once or twice with SOE designs. Reading through the proposal document, from…
“Is there any way to schedule a task based on a system event?”
… such as an event written to the System Log, or a laptop losing mains power? Windows Vista, or later? Yes, indeedy. Task Scheduler has this functionally built right in.…
I wonder how long until some corporate bozo asks for Microsoft Security Essentials
... in order to "save" money. Once had a customer whinge about the cost of implementing an anti-spyware solution. Someone told them that Spybot S&D was free. Technically it was,…