If you’ve had to replace your failed computer and wondered what you could keep – you’ll want to read this. The genesis of this idea comes from having the need to virtualize various different operating systems but changing computers often
So, not surprisingly, Ars Technica’s Peter Bright is calling Windows RT a “lemon“. I think that was an easy call in the beginning. He goes on to talk about how to turn the lemon into lemonade…
Not too long ago, Starbucks made a bunch of changes to how they handled their Starbucks Card promotions. Some of the changes were good (12 drinks now get you a free drink), but some other changes are clearly causing some difficulty. One of the bigger problems is how someone might redeem a free drink now that Starbucks no longer sends out postcard-sized redemption cards.
Windows Easy Transfer is a tool of many uses, but one of the lingering drawbacks has been the inability to extract files from the generated MIG archives. Not to worry though, I’ll show you how to do it.
Don’t let the name fool you, WSUS Offline Update, is a tool that can be used for more that just interacting with Microsoft’s Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) tool. Without further delay, let’s look at automating windows updates.
Recently, Google has announced that Google Sync about to hit the end of life. In anticipation of this change, I’ll switch an iPhone from Google Sync to Google’s preferred methods.
Recently Twitter has started to roll out an Archiving function. The new tool lets you request and download a compressed (zip) file that contains all the tweets from your account since it was opened. To get this download, open the settings page on Twitter’s web front-end and request an archive email. The email contains a link to to a […]
While the work has been sometimes laborious to get this blog finished and ready to view, one of the more difficult things was to get the details right in the <TITLE> tag. Many of the snippets of code out there suggest using various separators and little tricks to determine if the user is at the home page. What […]
The scenario: You need to get a copy of Microsoft Office 2010 installed on your Windows-based computer, but don’t wish to buy a copy the Application. You heard there were free options available for this software but we’re sure how to get the application installed. Included in Microsoft Office 2010 Starter are stripped down versions […]
Our advice is simply a guide to save you disappointment. In this context, we consider Best Buy, Staples, Wal-Mart, Costco and Future Shop big box stores. Companies like Tigerdirect and MDG are more difficult to apply to this list, but may still apply.