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Oct/08

Microsoft Word Crashing Frequently

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Windows at 13th October 2008 2:39 by

I discovered a serious problem with Microsoft Word 2007 and potentially other Microsoft Office applications where if a networked printer is offline and is set as the default printer in Vista and XP would cause the following symptoms: Long opening … Continue reading →

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Oct/08

Disable Automatic Virus Scanning in Firefox 3

Filed Under Web Browser, Windows at 12th October 2008 14:11 by

I recently switched to Firefox 3 on the Windows platform. I thought it was annoying that it took forever to scan large files and was never too sure when it would be complete. To disable this type in the address … Continue reading →

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Jun/08

CrystalDiskInfo

Filed Under Hardware, Windows at 30th June 2008 18:00 by

S.M.A.R.T technology has been in hard drives for years now and is used to report and monitor disk health. Life Hacker wrote an article on CrystalDiskInfo. I downloaded and tried it out and it was really good. All the information … Continue reading →

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Jun/08

Delicious Library 2

Filed Under Mac, Review, Windows at 5th June 2008 14:29 by

Introduction Chris Pirillo mentioned a library software for the Mac. It sounds boring but it’s pretty neat. It tracks your items which you enter and it does a look up on Amazon. It downloads all the details and picture of … Continue reading →

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Jun/08

Mythbuntu

Filed Under Games, Linux, Windows at 2nd June 2008 19:21 by

Introduction I decided to install MythTv on the Linux box to try and get a bit of Personal Video Recorder (PVR) going. I’m using Gutsy 7.10 desktop for this install. I only have terrestrial TV in my room so I … Continue reading →

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May/08

GPS on Computers

Filed Under Java, Laptop, Linux, Mac, Mobile Phone, Programming, Windows at 27th May 2008 20:28 by

I have been trying to get get a bluetooth GPS device hooked up to various computers from mobile phones, Asus EEE PC to a Vista desktop. I thought it would be fairly easy but boy was I wrong. Starting out … Continue reading →

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May/08

Microsoft Publisher 2007 Freezing Problems

Filed Under Windows at 12th May 2008 15:24 by

I have been doing work and everything was going fine till I started up Publisher to do my title page. First Publisher froze and then all other explorer related windows froze like explorer, desktop (it’s funny the desktop seems to … Continue reading →

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May/08

Thunderbird Automatic Updates Failed

Filed Under Windows at 2nd May 2008 12:48 by

Everytime since the first time I’ve been using Thunderbird email client the automatic always bombs out when it tries to write the file “mozMapi32.dll”. You can’t even remove it manually afterwards because it’s being used. I ran into the bug … Continue reading →