January 22, 2009 5:54 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
bluetooth,
iphone,
microsoft,
Microsoft Direct Push Technology,
Multi-touch,
palm,
Palm Pre,
QWERTY keyboard,
smartphone,
webos,
WiFiI saw some videos on the Palm Pre and I am so far impressed.
January 20, 2009 3:58 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
cleaning tape,
crc,
crc errors,
DAT Tape drive,
HP,
HP DAT 72 USB,
HP Tape Tools,
poor tape drive performance,
Symantec Backup Exec,
Symantec Backup Exec Speed issuesI had a tape drive at a client slowly die, I was running Symantec Backup Exec 12d. I spent an hour or so troubleshooting and ended up calling HP tech support and they decided to replace the tape drive, soon after, the replacement tape drive died.... it was in there for about one week. I tried...
January 12, 2009 11:22 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
how to enable Windows Search Service,
Office 2007,
Windows Search Service,
Windows Server 2008,
Windows Vista
I just recently took Vista Business 32Bit off my laptop and installed Server 2008 Standard 32bit. I am quite amazed at how much faster it is, I guess mainly because Vista is slightly bloated with Multimedia features not applicable too Windows Server 2008... anyways to get to my point of this...
January 10, 2009 5:52 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
browsing,
Google Chrome,
Google Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta,
Greasmonkey,
Internet ExplorerOne of the better updates is the fact that you can have "profiles" within Chrome, ie different homepages, favorites, and history. The update also allows for Full Page Zooming, Auto Form Completion, and Greasemonkey. Don't know what Greasemonkey is check
January 9, 2009 3:04 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
auto-fill,
nk2,
Office 2003,
Office 2007,
Office Xp,
OutlookSorry this is going to be a short one...
The file is called outlook.nk2, it contains all the addresses of all the people you emailed or responded to in Outlook. I always make sure to back this file up.
The file is located in "C:\Users\loginname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook" for...
January 7, 2009 1:49 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
CES 2009,
dell,
dual core,
HP,
Intel,
mini 12,
NetbookIntel wanted to keep Netbooks at 10" or less, Dell and Samsung are now each releasing 12" netbooks. What does this mean? Well its one less reason to not buy a more expensive dual core laptop(which Intel sells at higher prices and higher margins.) Intel is not happy about this, they say that...
January 7, 2009 1:08 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
Autoruns,
logon,
Microsoft Windows,
services,
sysinternalsThis update includes a cool new option, Hide Microsoft and Windows Entries!
To use this, you start Autoruns (link to follow), then click on options, then "Hide Microsoft and Windows Entries". This option makes it much easier to sort through all the apps and services loading on your system. You...
January 6, 2009 3:54 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
antech,
Nforce,
pentium 4,
pentium dual core,
power supply,
RAID stripe size,
sata,
slow system,
Windows XP x64Well have you ever checked the hardware monitor section in your BIOS, this will show you what your powersupply is running at along with Fan speeds and CPU Temperatures. If left unchecked most BIOS' will not warn when there is an issue with the powersupply, depending on the severity of course. For...
January 5, 2009 1:20 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
AMD,
CNET,
GPU,
graphics processing unit,
Intel,
Larrabee,
NvidiaHere is an insert from CNET News...
"Intel, never one to shrink from competition, announced that it would enter, by 2010, the market for high-end graphics chips. The chip, code-named Larrabee, would give Nvidia and AMD something...
