This week’s round up includes tips on troubleshooting Internet Explorer with Vista and souping up Outlook’s Today page. If those don’t appeal to you can always try to reverse your point of view or try basic black. And no, I’m not making a reference to Steve Jobs.
Continue Reading April 27th, 2008
I am thinking about getting the HP EX475 MediaSmart Windows Home Server. I would replace our NAS with his server. Also be able to install SqueezeCenter on it as well, and then I can disconnect the Mac mini.
I can use the Windows Home Server to share our photos, music and videos to our XBox for viewing on the TV.
Also, I was thinking that I could install some software that would allow my TiVo content to automatically be archived.
Continue Reading April 27th, 2008
This evening, I upgraded my laptop from Kubuntu 7.10 to 8.04. I followed their recommended upgrade steps, where I used the alternate CD and then updated from that. When I was prompted for conflicts for configuration files, I just selected "use the package mantainer’s". I was a little concerned about this, as this was necessary to get sound to work with Ubuntu 7.10, on my laptop.
After booting, everything seems to be working OK, including sound.
The only thing that I have had a problem with so far is that the upgrade upgraded my previous Firefox installation to the 3.0 beta. Many of my plugins are not compatible with 3.0. I know that this will be fixed soon.
Also, I haven’t made the switch to KDE 4 yet. I haven’t configured it to how I like it, and until I do that, I will stick with GNOME.
Continue Reading April 27th, 2008
Oh, have times changed. When I was a kid, my parents constantly told me, “no ifs and buts”. Clearly, Microsoft Excel wasn’t around at that time or I could’ve provided a better argument for using these words. Excel’s IF function is a useful feature and one my parents could have mastered. (Includes sample Excel worksheet)
Continue Reading April 24th, 2008
This was not the best tech week for some people. My week was going well until I opted to help a friend who had a misbehaving notebook. The Microsoft support rep was outstanding which compensated for the useless Windows Vista error message. Two items to take away from this experience are always know your Windows product key and call tech support from a phone that has a long battery life. It was a much better week for people interested in RSS, news and traffic.
Continue Reading April 20th, 2008
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