Yearly Archive for 2006

recover from a corrupted registry

Published on September 26, 2006 in asides and windows xp. 0 Comments

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting

How LAN Switches Work

Published on September 24, 2006 in asides and networking. 0 Comments

How LAN Switches Work.

Windows Vista RC1 download

Published on September 21, 2006 in asides and vista. 0 Comments

Windows Vista RC1 download site.

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor

Published on September 21, 2006 in asides and vista. 0 Comments

Microsoft has released a Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor for you to see if your PC is compatible with Windows Vista. Unfortunately, mine wasn’t compatible. If I wanted to take advantage of the Aero features, I’d have to upgrade the video card on the laptop.

software allows people to write Indian languages using English alphabet

Published on September 21, 2006 in articles, asides and software. 0 Comments

Software allows people to write Indian languages using English alphabet. This seems pretty promising.

How to synchronize Microsoft Outlook (multiple locations), Google Calendar, Gmail, iPod, and mobile phone with Funambol / ScheduleWorld

Published on September 21, 2006 in asides, gmail, ipod and outlook. 0 Comments

The Holy Grail of Synchronization: How to synchronize Microsoft Outlook (multiple locations), Google Calendar, Gmail, iPod, and mobile phone with Funambol / ScheduleWorld.

remotely enable remote desktop

Published on June 23, 2006 in asides, remotedesktop and software. 0 Comments

A while back, I had posted a link to a site that showed you how to remotely enable remote desktop via some registry changes. Now there is a free piece of software that will get the job done for you.

dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference

Published on June 23, 2006 in articles and asides. 0 Comments

Here are some pictures of a Dell laptop exploding at Japanese conference. The thought of mine blowing up on my lap is scary.

create a default association for files with no extension

Published on June 23, 2006 in asides, tips/tricks and windows. 0 Comments

one of things that has always irked me about windows is having to select a program everytime i run across a file with no extension. i’ve always wanted to have some default program associated with those files types, but never been able to do it. now there is a way to do it.

get yahoo mail beta

Published on April 25, 2006 in asides and internet. 0 Comments

if you are interested in getting yahoo mail beta, find out how here.