I know that there are a lot of PC users out there like me that would like to run our favorite OS on Mac hardware and now we can. Apple - Boot Camp is software created by Apple that will allow you to dual boot your computer between Windows … [Read more...]

Windows XP Professional supports two types of disk storage: basic and dynamic. Basic disk storage uses partition-oriented disks. A basic disk contains basic volumes (primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives). Dynamic … [Read more...]

In the past year alone, I've had four near-fatal drive failures, each on a different system. To alleviate some of the pain associated with recovering from these kinds of problems, I've been working on building a self-contained, multiboot … [Read more...]

Microsoft was hit this week with a lawsuit claiming that its anti-piracy software is, in fact, spyware, but called the action "baseless" and defended how it installs Windows Genuine Advantage validation and notification tools. The lawsuit, … [Read more...]

If you use MSN Messenger to keep conversations online that this post is for you. I used Messenger Plus a few years ago and man a lot has changed. Messenger Plus! | Download. Go there now and try out lots of new features for Messenger … [Read more...]

Have you ever wondeered what the podcast craze is all about? I just ran into this great Beginner's guide to podcasts and podcasting (plus: how to create a basic podcast of your own) at Forever Geek. With so many people getting their first … [Read more...]

Follow the steps below: 1) Boot up windows. 2) go to dos-prompt or go to command prompt directly from the windows start up menu. 3) type the command at the prompt: "debug" (without quotes ninja.gif ) 4) type the following lines now … [Read more...]

Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt window and … [Read more...]

My favorite free operating software utilities come from Sysinternals. I just noticed on a blog post by the companies founders that they have been bought by Microsoft. I have mixed feelings about this news as I am a big fan of the software … [Read more...]

I used to hear that it was a good idea to defragment your hard drive in safe mode as it would be able to defragment more of the drive. I just did a defrag and decided to check on this and there is not much that is not defragged so I would … [Read more...]