Treating users like people

As someone doing tech support or tech work how can you add value in the work that you do for the people that you support? Well I think there are three ways and each of these ways probably will putt you out of your comfort zone, which is great.
1. When doing support always refer to [...]

All Abuzz about Google Buzz

I have finally got Google Buzz, after wondering yesterday when it was going to come. For those that are not really aware Google Buzz is apparently Google trying to steal the Twitter market although I am not sure if that is really right.
To get Google Buzz you just need to log into your GMail account [...]

Understanding LCD Display Dead Pixels

Understanding LCD Display Dead Pixels
A liquid crystal display (LCD) is a thin, electronic flat panel used to display information and images. It includes monitors for computers, televisions, instrument panels, and other devices ranging from aircraft cockpit displays, to every-day consumer devices such as video players, gaming devices, clocks, watches, [...]

How to Speed Up Windows 7

The problem that Windows 7 has is nothing new. In fact, a slow computer is something that has been plaguing Windows systems since the invention of PC’s… but there’s a specific problem inside Windows 7 that is the main cause of its slow speed. This issue is so common that it’s [...]

Sync iTouch with Outlook

Last weekend I got myself an Apple iTouch after seeing my wifes iPhone and all of the cools apps and features. I used to own a Palm and after moving my MP3s and getting a couple of podcasts I started to get interested in syncing this iTouch with my Outlook and using [...]

Apple Announces iPad

So all the hype is over. Apple just announced the Ipad. This is the next generation device that is supposed to be in between the form factor of an iPhone and an iMac.
So what will this be used for? Steve Jobs has been saying that this is the next generation in computer devices and that [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials

For years now I have been using AVG as my antivirus program and occasionally (always on others machines) I will use a couple of different antispyware programs to clean up a computer.
At work we use McAfee, which is a bit of a resource hog although it seems to be easy enough to deploy and update [...]

Problems with Wordpress 2.9 and 1and1 hosting MySQL Version

I am posting this looking for a bit of help from the blogging community. I have said in the past that I use 1and1 for my hosting and up until now things seemed to be ok, well yesterday things took a bit of a turn for the worse.
There is a release candidate out for Wordpress [...]

Windows 7 Launches Today

Get ready for the fanfare. Today is the launch date for Windows 7. after all of the hype and all of the disappointment of Windows Vista I ma sure the great marketing machine of Microsoft is eagerly awaiting this morning and a chance to tour a great new Operating System.
Even though Vista is not the [...]

Can not start Microsoft Office Outlook. Can not open the outlook window

Wow I ran into this problem on my Windows XP machine iwth Outlook 2007 and had never seen it.
Found a simple fix. I just opened the run command (Start–>Run) and typed in outlook.exe  /resetnavpane
I hit enter and Outlook opened correctly

Next Page »