As so often happens, I was working on a troublesome PC, trying to determine why it was locking up so frequently, and when brainstorming with a friend about it, faulty RAM was mentioned. having exhausted most of the simple tests and quick fixes in my bag of tricks, i went and downloaded the most [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Ram can be a 4 letter word,…sometimes
Posted: 30th March 2007 by admin in UncategorizedTags: hardware failure, memory test, ram
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Getting and Staying connected
Posted: 17th March 2007 by admin in hardwareTags: internet, ISP, networking
I was in a hotel in Dallas for a few days recently, and while playing around with the wireless connections available in the hotel it got me thinking about network connections in general, and some of the problems people may experience just trying to get onto the “interweb” (to quote the master of all [...]
VISTA – the view from here
Posted: 4th March 2007 by admin in software, WindowsTags: vista, Windows
I’ve spent a bit of time working with and playing with Windows latest and greatest operating system, Vista. In short, for Windows it is a good attempt, a good start, definitely the foundation for the best version of windows we’ve seen this far, but in comparison with other operating systems, it’s okay – no [...]