Tag Archives: Windows
Completed Upgrade – to Windows XP!
After my last post, regular readers will have waiting patiently to read about my slick new Linux system! Sorry to disappoint, but it was a disaster from start to finish! As a pre-requisite to installing Linux, I needed a free distribution, as we was unwilling to spend even more money chasing a stable, usable computer. [...]
Moving to Linux! Thoughts???
I’ve written recently about my upgrade to Vista, and i have to say, I’m disappointed. To be honest, I should have expected it given the exposure in the media and the professional press, but I always felt that it was maybe all too critical. Well, I can tell you that from my own experience, Vista [...]
Hit by XPAntivirus!
As an IT professional, I consider myself to be more careful than your average Internet user when it comes to things like viruses. I only download things from trusted sources, I have a virus scanner running all the time and I try to restrict myself to known, safe sites. This last point though, becomes more [...]
How-To: Lock Windows XP
I used to work for a with a guy who was paranoid about keeping his laptop secure – even amongst friends. He was also a heavy smoker so was forever needing to run out of internal meetings for a quick smoke, and every time he went, he’d lock his laptop (Ctrl-Alt-Del, then click on “Lock [...]
How-To: Vista Autologon
One of the most common questions that people these days ask me regarding their home PC’s is how to have it startup and go straight to the desktop. This used to be the only option, and when Microsoft did us the favour (!) of allowing us to have multiple accounts, very few people embraced this [...]
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