Tag: Microsoft

Jul/10

Java 4-Ever

Filed Under Java at 4th July 2010 22:13 by Danny

This was such a funny video I had to post it.

Feb/10

Separate User & Windows Directory On Different Drives

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

Tags: disk management, HKEY, Linux, Microsoft, NTFS, partition, ProfileList, REGEDIT, registry, Robocopy, SATA, superuser, userprofile

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 →

Jan/10

Windows 7 Monitor Power Test

Filed Under Windows at 27th January 2010 10:28 by Danny

Tags: cmd, energy, Microsoft, microsoft windows, power, power test, powercfg, sleep mode, Tekzilla, Windows

There is a report generator in Microsoft Windows 7 which can help you track down what is being used in terms of power. The report tells you what is stopping the computer going into sleep mode (if sleep mode is … Continue reading →

Oct/09

VirtualBox With Ubuntu Quick Review

Filed Under Linux, Review, Software, Windows at 19th October 2009 0:01 by Danny

Tags: fusion, iso image, Linux, Microsoft, physical computer, sun, Ubuntu, ubuntu 9.04, virtual environments, virtual machine, virtual media, virtualbox, vm, windows 7

Overview I found Sun’s VirtualBox and thought I’d try it out. As everything is going virtual and having used it in Mac I thought it was time to step it up in Windows so I can start running things like … Continue reading →

Jul/09

My Alternative Free Software On Windows

Filed Under Software at 6th July 2009 0:01 by Danny

Tags: 64bit, Dia, email client, Firefox, foss, Linux, Mac, Microsoft, mozilla thunderbird, open source software, opera, PDF, podcast, podcatcher, rss. notepad++, UPNP, video lan client, VLC, Windows

Overview Here are my picks for free software on Windows (currently Windows 7). Free and open source (two different licenses applied to software) have come a long way and have come to replace my ageing proprietary and non-free applications. I … Continue reading →

Jun/09

Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird Spell Checker

Filed Under Web Browser at 26th June 2009 0:01 by Danny

Tags: Add-ons, application, browser, checker, dictionary files, download, Firefox, Microsoft, microsoft word, Mozilla, mozilla download, mozilla thunderbird, spell, spell checker, Thunderbird

Since version 3 of Firefox it has had a built in spell checker. This is handy if say you use your browser to write blogs or posts online for example. The problem is when you download the browser it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Nov/08

Back To Windows Vista

Filed Under Linux, Mac, Windows at 23rd November 2008 11:17 by Danny

Tags: computer, Linux, Mac OSX, Microsoft, Vista, Windows

I have been away from my main computer for a while and coming back to it and it feels so slow (not to mention the broadband but that’s not my fault)! I can only point the finger on Windows Vista … Continue reading →

Oct/08

Microsoft Word Crashing Frequently

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

Tags: Acrobat, CUPS, Explorer, GlaxoSmithKline, Microsoft, PDF, printer, Vista, Window

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 →