Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 … Have a registry value you can check to see if a Time Zone update has been applied. Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones registry…
It was Ed Bott tweeting about his new book Microsoft Office 2010 Inside Out, which finally prompted me to proclaim: “No more dead tree computer books!” (Messrs Bott & Siechert…
We have some of those “secure document disposal” bins. The older version used a latch with a padlock. The good thing about that design, was that there was only one…
I’ve been using Logitech Marble Mouses (mice?) for years. There are two reasons why: The quality of the Logitech products is very high. Marble mouses are very easy to use,…
In the “things I saw ten years ago and never thought I’d see again” category, we recently had the case of the HP 8000 Elite PC which refused to burn…
I love the Apple iPod charger. Apple call it the iPod charger, but this is the same charger you get with the iPhone. It supplies 5 volts @ 1 Amp. …
I was trying to copy some files to a group to a computers. What I’d do is check if the computer is alive first, by doing a network ping. If…
Captain Dennis! A word in your ear! Why soldiers generally refrain From taking Jesus name in vain One day you'll need to call him in the clamour of a war…
Automatically increasing the system font size in Windows 7 … That year, the top-of-the-range machines we were giving out to these undeserving gits weren’t coming with 1024×768 screens any more;…
Today’s lesson is: Don’t select a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon based on the fact there is a rail spike on the label; and that you’re fond on all things railway.…
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