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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 7:39PM If you are still using Windows XP, that is the official number of days you have until Microsoft ends support for the 10 year old operating system. April 8, 2014 is the official drop dead date for Windows XP support. You can still use it, but you will be running an operating system vulnerable with no help coming. Don't worry, by that date, most, if not all of you will have moved on.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 7:23PM A couple of weeks ago, I posted a request for suggestions on what to do with a Dell Mini 10 that would not boot, no video and with beep codes. Well after extensive work, the problem has been solved. I would like to thank Dell for BIOS beep codes that were incorrect. The problem was not a bad BIOS, but a bad Keyboard. Apparently bad keyboards on netbooks can keep them from booting. On Desktops, bad keyboards doesn't keep the computer from booting. Who knew....well I do...now.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 7:21PM Not sure if they will ever catch Facebook (currently at 750 million), but Google's new social site, Google+ is off to a good start. Currently at 7.5 million after a couple of weeks, they are anticipating over 20 million by the end of the weekend. I personally have not signed up yet, but will, just to see what is up. Reviews to follow.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 5:03AM Well, it's not really that bad, but Microsoft officially ends support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 today. What this means is that there will no longer be any tech support offered for that version of Windows as of today. Simply upgrade to service pack 2 (which is what you should have already done via Windows Update) or upgrade to Windows 7. Typically, if your computer can run Vista, it can run Windows 7.
Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 2:54AM Only 22 patches this upcoming Tuesday. As always, Windows Update as soon as you can!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 6:37PM If you are like me, you get....frustrated with you digital camera. What are all of those settings? What do they do? How do you use them? Considering our limited attention span at reading directions or asking for help, you just use the default settings. No more, head over to CameraSim, a new online camera simulator. Here you flip through all those settings and see what they actually do, when and when not to best use them. No manual to read too...