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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

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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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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Nov/10

Error: You Are Using A High Performance Setting

Filed Under Blog at 18th November 2010 19:12 by

I ran the Windows 7 “Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report” tool to see what can be done to reduce power consumption but it reports that using the performance power setting as an Error? Surely it should be a warning or not … Continue reading →

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Feb/10

NFS Server

Filed Under Linux, Windows at 12th February 2010 10:40 by

Overview Network File Share (NFS) is a protocol for sharing storage. It is quite common in Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices and is a standard compared to Samba which is Microsoft specific but has been ported to Linux. Install NFS … Continue reading →

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Feb/10

Change MAC Address In Windows

Filed Under Windows at 11th February 2010 13:52 by

It is possible to spoof the MAC address in Windows without going into the registry. The network will go down during this process so it’s best to stop or wait till all downloads or any other network related activity has … Continue reading →

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Jan/10

Windows 7 Monitor Power Test

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

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 →

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Nov/09

Windows 7 Monitor Calibration

Filed Under Windows at 24th November 2009 0:01 by

Windows 7 has a built in monitor calibration tool which isn’t too bad. Sadly it only calibrates one monitor in a dual monitor set up. To start the utility go to Start Menu and type dccw and walk through the … Continue reading →