“I’m hunting bugs.”
DaleThese are the things I try to remember when I’m bug hunting: 1. Do I understand the actual problem? Has the customer reported the issue correctly? Has the Help Desk…
Helen Razer’s last Sunday show.
For whatever reason, the dullards of ABC Radio, have dropped Helen Razer from Sunday morning radio. Today was Helen’s last show, and ended with the tune “This Is The Day”.…
On Vista performance, Mark Russinovich and others …
Videocast seen over here. It was worth an hour of my time. Some of the highlights: If you’re going to deploy it and expect it to run on four year…
All goes in circles.
A wise, long serving public servant once told me: Everything goes in a circle. First we de-centralised to give control to each of the government departments. Some years later, we…
Not enough memory to complete this operation (adding a printer with Vista)
Trying to install my Lexmark X215 multi-function printer results in this error message under Vista: I don't know the actual cause, as I have 3GB of memory installed, but this…
Making a clone (aka photocopy) of your hard drive.
It's still Symantec Ghost for me, but the next time around I'll try free again. Recently had to build a Linux system out of a Asus EEE Box PC. The…
“Stopping All Stations Except General Motors”
When I heard this announcement, I thought to myself, “Must get around to visiting General Motors Railway Station”. Time elapsed, and I moved interstate for a while. And General Motors…
Get the logged on user – code which works!
Some VBscript code which ACTUALLY works. I don't understand some sites which share code. You go looking for VBscript code on the net to do something, and invariably IT DOES…
PrimalScript uses streams
Yes, PrimalScript uses alternate data streams to remember where I've set breakpoints in my code. (this prompt appears because I'm copying from NTFS volume to a FAT16 volume).
Matchstick F1 Mercedes McLaren
No, I don't know how many matchsticks are in it, but you can Google that for yourself.