Dec

28

USB Flash Drive Letter Problem

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December 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Windows XP has some strange effects on USB flash drives. I had a friend who had been using his USB drive for a long time. Then one day his USB drive wouldn’t appear on his Windows XP desktop. Nothing had changed, as far as he could tell. The computer would see [...]

Dec

18

Manually Backup Outlook .Pst File

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December 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I have had many conversation with folks after they lose their outlook .pst file.  It’s not pretty.  Some lose years of contacts that they have acquired.  And what about those important emails?  Well, if you don’t keep the messages on the server when you download them (it’s a setting within outlook), then you will have [...]

Dec

12

Quickly and Easily Backup Firefox

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December 12, 2006 | 3 Comments

One of the suckiest things to have happen to you is to lose all your bookmarks. I have had this happen and it is painstaking to put all those back in. You might be surprised to learn that backing up Firefox is not too hard. There are some manual ways to do [...]

Dec

11

Reinstalling Windows XP

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December 11, 2006 | 1 Comment

There are many reasons to reinstall an operating system. Sometimes folks forget to update their virus definitions, get a virus, and find themselves without an operating system. By the way, an operating system is something like Windows XP. It is the software that runs on your computer. It allows you to [...]

Dec

6

Computer File Systems Explained

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December 6, 2006 | 2 Comments

My guess is that you are here because you are either completely and utterly bored or you are extremely inquisitive. Okay, add the list obsessive compulsive. File systems aren’t something that most people want to know about unless they love learning about technology. But we can make this learning process much easier. [...]

Dec

4

RAID Explained

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December 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment

If you haven’t worked in the tech field, you probably haven’t heard of RAID systems. A RAID system is simply a redundant array of inexpensive disks. Boy, that helps. Alright, let’s put that in plain English. A RAID system is simply a way to connect multiple hard drives to provide data [...]

Dec

1

Online Computer Backup Solutions

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December 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment

If you haven’t heard about Internet 2, you will. Internet 2 is going to revolutionize the way that we use the internet. Just to pique your interest in the link above, I will throw out a stat. It would take you 30 seconds to download a movie on Internet 2. Pretty [...]