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I have been looking at viewing stats for the entries I make, and can see that the graph looks similar to the side elevation of a mountain range. Some topics are way more popular than others, but I am not running a popularity contest here.
My main aim is appeal to a wide experience/knowledge base. I cannot, therefore, apologise if each or any of the entries do not appeal to you.
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Hardware Installation Review – Asus M3N78VM..

I recently installed one of the above motherboards into a client machine to a replace a first generation P4 Intel D845WM, and there are some points that I would like to make. The Asus board is a Micro ATX type c/w integrated video, sound, network port;...

Published Wed, Apr 29 2009 13:36 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Hardware, Review
Internet Security..

We all need it, but how many really want it? The good ole days of Windows 98, iIf a computer user wanted to transfer a file via MSN, Yahoo, AOL Buddy or ICQ to another user and it wouldn’t transfer, what was the the first thing that both users would do...

Published Sun, Apr 26 2009 14:11 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Spyware, Security
64 bit issues.. Printer sharing

I am assuming that you know how to and have made the necessary share permissions on the computer which is hosting the printer. To share a network printer being hosted by a computer running a 32 bit operating system with another computer running a 32 bit...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 22:36 by Mike Hall

Filed under: networks, Vista 64, Printers
How much RAM?

Windows 2000 machines aimed at business would sit on the shelves with 128mb fitted. When the corporate buyers came along, more memory would be specified, maybe 256mb. Windows 2000 would rattle along quite nicely with 256mb powering it, but if it was fitted...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 19:26 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Hardware, Windows, Memory
And some say that Windows 7 is really Vista SP3 and that Vista is useless!!

I have a spare box kicking around at the moment, not too well specified but OK. So I thought that I would install Ubuntu 8.10 on it. That goes well as long as one choose the option to use the entire disk, and in fact it did. Then I get a popup telling...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 16:25 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Windows, General
Fun with numbers..

A recent report has come up with an interesting fact. Eighty four percent of IT Pro’s will not be upgrading to Windows 7 this year. This should not be a surprise, bearing in mind that Windows 7 has not even reached the RTM stage yet. I have no doubt that...

Published Mon, Apr 13 2009 15:00 by Mike Hall

Filed under: General
Oh, the fragility..

I don’t know very much about the world of espionage, be it ‘Bond, James Bond’ style or plain old boring commercial skullduggery. I do know that all sides went to extraordinary lengths re technology in order to gain an edge. In the days of paper and filing...

Published Sun, Apr 12 2009 5:46 by Mike Hall

Filed under: General, Security
Vista and keyboard scroll wheels.. part 2

How to disable the keyboard scroll wheel after having gotten it to work by installing the Win 7 driver until the next reboot. BTW, this is the ultimate detrimental side effect. Depress the SLEEP key.. Now, when one wakes the computer by swishing the mouse...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 21:36 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Vista, Hardware, Vista 64
A Cloud burst?

Yesterday, many users of the Hotmail e-mail service thought that they had lost their mail accounts for good. There is no direct link to Hotmail, so some took to the newsgroups. Let’s face facts here and accept that it had to be the fault of Vista...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 9:26 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Mail, Clouds
Vista and keyboard scroll wheels..

I wrote about this when Vista first appeared. It took a while for the manufacturer to produce proper drivers for Microsoft keyboards, and when it was finally released, everything worked except for the scroll wheel. Subsequent driver releases were made...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 0:59 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Vista, drivers, Windows 7, Vista 64
Conficker alert - here we go again..

Apparently, Conficker is out in the wild and doing it’s stuff according to those ‘in the know’. Just for the record, other worms are doing exactly the same. So don’t panic. Ensure that your system is up to date. Run your anti-malware programs, use common...

Published Thu, Apr 9 2009 18:58 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Security
Have you been ‘confickered’?

You may not necessarily realize that you have, but there are people out there who monitor the progress of worms, Trojans and viruses. The good news is that on this day, April 1st 2009, the Conficker worm does not appear to have propagated as the rumors...

Published Wed, Apr 1 2009 13:24 by Mike Hall

Filed under: Windows, Security

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April 2009 - Mike's Window

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Hardware Installation Review – Asus M3N78VM..

Internet Security..

64 bit issues.. Printer sharing

How much RAM?

And some say that Windows 7 is really Vista SP3 and that Vista is useless!!

Fun with numbers..

Oh, the fragility..

Vista and keyboard scroll wheels.. part 2

A Cloud burst?

Vista and keyboard scroll wheels..

Conficker alert - here we go again..

Have you been ‘confickered’?