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Aug/11

Acer Aspire One D255E Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Linux, Windows at 17th August 2011 0:04 by

Overview Our Asus EEE PC 701 SSD failed when I tried to upgrade it from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04. I was in the middle of an install when it failed to copy a file and then there after it could … Continue reading →

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Jul/11

Synergy (Project) Windows To Windows

Filed Under Linux, Mac, Software, Windows at 20th July 2011 0:01 by

Overview It’s been a while since I have used a “stable” software which almost made me tear my hair out! As good as the concept of Synergy is the execution could have been better. All credit to the software and … Continue reading →

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Feb/11

Waking Windows 7 Controller Error

Filed Under Windows at 17th February 2011 14:19 by

It seems there’s an issue with my preferred method of separating home and windows partition on Windows 7. I use the Sleep function a lot rather than shutting it down over night. Most of the time it works but I … Continue reading →

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Feb/11

The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device Root\SIDESHOW\0001.

Filed Under Peripherals, Windows at 11th February 2011 21:42 by

If you the error message above in Windows 7 event logs then it’s related to the G15 software. To stop it from erroring disable both slideshow plugins by starting the Logitech LCD Manager, Programs category and untick the “Enabled” box … Continue reading →

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Feb/11

Add Quick Launch In Windows 7

Filed Under Windows at 6th February 2011 13:47 by

The quick launch bar on the start menu is no longer a default toolbar that can be added in Windows 7. To add one do the following: Right click on start bar > Toolbars > New toolbar… A windows open … Continue reading →

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Jan/11

Stop Windows 7 Update Rebooting After Update

Filed Under Windows at 21st January 2011 15:09 by

WARNING: Use this article at your own risk! Open the registry editor: Start Menu > Run Type in regedit and press OK button. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU On my machine stopped at Windows so I created new keys for WindowsUpdate and … Continue reading →

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Feb/10

Separate User & Windows Directory On Different Drives

Filed Under Windows at 22nd February 2010 0:01 by

Overview I wanted to have the Windows partition and the user partition on separate drives. I have done this in the past on a Linux computer and it was very painless. The advantage to this setup is that most of … Continue reading →

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Feb/10

WordPress 2.9.2

Filed Under Windows, WordPress at 16th February 2010 20:35 by
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Minor update to WordPress.