Another downside of upgrading a Windows 2000 to Windows XP
DaleEach Microsoft operating system installation allows you to do an “in-place” upgrade. aka, The “Do you wish to upgrade this computer to Windows xyz” prompt when you insert a Microsoft…
The Win 16 Subsystem has insufficient resources …
Sometimes, you don't ever expect to ever see a particular error message ever again. It's been over 5 years since the last time I saw this error, quite possibly on…
It’s fairly simple, a bug
is a fault in software, or hardware for that matter, which breaks something. For example, if you make software which links my Microsoft Calendar to my Google Calendar, and your…
No desktop error
Windows 7 gets really annoyed when you a) redirect the Desktop folder b) then stop the Windows 7 client from accessing that Desktop folder. Windows Explorer will complain every time…
Anti-virus False Positives – been a few
It was an Ed Bott article which got me to thinking, “just how many anti-virus false positives have I dealt with over the years?”. Six. A false positive is when…
My PC Is A Printer
Well it could be according to HP: No, I don’t know why the HP Detection tool would think that …
Disabling Adobe Flash Player updates
Fast on the feels of the Acrobat Reader post I wrote, Flash Player decided to start annoying the users with Arghhhhhhhh! Adobe has a “new” method to disable auto updates.…
The WMI Overflow Error with GetObject
That’s what I thought at least. Consider this snippet of code from the Delete computers from SMS VBscript: Set objResource = GetObject( "WinMgmts:\\" & strSMSServer & _ "\root\SMS\site_" & strSMSSiteCode…
Windows 7 + 4GB RAM + NVidia USB chipset = FAIL
Which summed up my Windows 7 PC. The FAIL bit was that when I’d do a large USB file copy, without fail (no pun intended), I’d get a DRIVE IS…
Today’s Myki failure? Try and recharge your Myki card.
But not at these two machines at Melbourne Central Railway Station. Nor at the next station on the line, Parliament Station. Both broken. The old Metcard machine you can see…