Computer devices, I like fiddling with them, with the cost coming down all the time and new products coming out, it is nice to try them out but buying computer devices all the time also will be waste if you don’t use them after buying them.
I inadvertently switched on the On-Screen Keyboard when I resumed the Windows Vista PC from its sleep / hibernation mode. Somehow the sleep / hibernation mode disabled my Dell Vostro 200 USB keyboard whenever I resumed from it (this makes another minus point for using sleep / hibernation mode). I had to switch on the …
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My current webhosting provider – Bluehost has a feature called webdisk file storage system. With its current feature of unlimited hosting space, it could actually be use as a cheap way of keeping your files online. So not only could you host your website on the hosting company, you could now store or use it …
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John did something to Victor’s laptop and Windows Vista couldn’t hibernate. At first I thought it could be enabled by going through the advance settings in the Power Options from the Control Panel. Going through the list, I just couldn’t find either of the Hibernation or Hybrid sleep feature.
I have been toying to upgrade my O2 Atom which was giving me problems after having using it for 1-½ years. So when Palm launched the Palm Centro, I took a fancy of it and decided to change my PDA phone.
For the previous incarnation of Windows, you could use the little powertoys called tweakui provided by Microsoft to tweak your system including the autologin feature. It helped automate your startup process and frees up your time to do something else like mix a cup of coffee while the computer boots up.
I may have a happy smile on my face getting a new Windows Vista enabled Dell Vostro 200 computer system, and would have expected the various software like Windows Live Messenger to be installed and working without a hitch; unfortunately no. Instead it gave me an “error 81000306: you cannot sign in to Windows Live …
After a week of slugging it out in the office on the ageing PC, my boss finally approved the purchase of new Dell Vostro 200 computer system as the old PC was affecting my ability to do anything with its sluggish speed. Quickly checking through the Dell online website, I narrowed down my choice to …
I gave Ubuntu Linux a spin, trying not to use Windows XP for a week just to see how well it could be used in the day to day office work. Running it on the Dell Dimension 4500s, it was a tad faster than the Windows XP, probably it was more efficiently designed to work …
I needed a way to have access to my work messages without getting stuck on any single platform or computer. A quick check in the internet revealed three ways to move the message from Outlook to Gmail.
I have always wondered what the sleep vs. hibernate vs. the shutdown mode in Windows Vista meant. The last time I used the sleep mode it frozed my PC and it wouldn’t shutdown or startup properly. So while visiting a relative in Kuantan with nothing else much to do, I decided to explore the above …
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