Zone Alarm and Windows Update KB951748
One user came to see me after the recent windows updates. Her machine suddenly lost internet connection after the updates were applied. From my experience, […]
Windows
HP Photosmart 385 – "Cannot Display This Photo" Error
I have a HP Photosmart 385 which has been printing fine since day one. What I have been printing are photos straight from my camera. […]
How to Make Word 2003 or 2007 the Default Program to Open .DOC Documents
I just helped a user to install Office 2007 without uninstalling Office 2003, because we want the ability to use applications from both versions. The […]
Vista Service Pack 1 Available
The Vista Service Pack 1 is finally available to general public. You can download it here. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb738089.aspx You need at least of 3 GB disk […]
Free NTFS File Recovery Tools
I have been asked to recover some deleted files from NTFS partitions from time to time. There are a lot of programs on the market […]
Universal HDD Adapter USB to SATA and PATA
I often need to test internal hard drives for my job. In the IDE era, I have an adapter for 3.5″ PATA hard drive and […]
Error Deleting File or Folder under Windows
One user reported that a file cannot be deleted under Windows 2003. The error message is “Cannot delete File: It is being used by another […]
Remote Desktop and InstallShield
I often use Remote Desktop or Terminal Service Client to install programs on remote computers. Most of the time, it works pretty well. From time […]
How to Repair a 2GB Outlook PST File
After wrestling with a corrupted Outlook PST file most of yesterday, I finally got a working PST file. The cause of the corrupted file is […]
Poor Man's DreamScene: VLC Media Player
Vista has a cool feature called DreamScene. It lets you play a video file on your computer’s desktop. However, it’s available only on Ultimate edition […]