The Daily Grind

Solved: Can’t Access My Recovery Partition & I Don’t Have Any Recovery CD’s! September 8, 2011

Today I was fixing up a laptop for a friend. It was an Acer Aspire 6930 running Windows Vista Home Premium (x86), it appeared that the MBR (Master Boot Record) needed repairing. So using the Vista Recovery CD I was able to use the BOOTREC /FIXMBR and BOOTREC /FIXBOOT commands. Unfortunately that didn’t solve my… [Read the Rest]

How to enable Telnet on Windows 7 & Vista December 15, 2010

Today I tried to Telnet into a Cisco switch at work today not remembering that Windows 7 doesn’t have Telnet enabled by default, neither does Vista for that matter. I guess in an attempt to make Windows a little more secure as Telnet by it’s self is not a very secure form of communicating. Regardless… [Read the Rest]

How To Access Hidden Themes In Windows 7 October 8, 2010

Windows 7 offers a great set of themes you can use to customise the look and feel of your computer’s desktop. I’ll bet you didn’t know that there are actually quite a few hidden themes based on locations around the world. By default Windows only displays one of these localised themes based on the country… [Read the Rest]

HP Printers – A Warning For Potential Buyers September 20, 2010

HP’s C4599, straight from hell?

7 things you didn’t know about Windows 7 August 19, 2010

Windows 7 has been around for quite a while now. Most new computers are shipped with it installed and it is becoming very popular among general computer users. It is very easy to start using it if you have come straight from XP or Vista but many people who do this don’t take the time to pick up on the great new features that it offers.

Every Windows Key Shortcut You Will Ever Need August 10, 2010

Windows Key shortcuts.

100 handy Windows run commands August 5, 2010

Windows Run commands are super handy to know, especially when dealing with computer users over the phone. Trying to talk them through an issue can be difficult enough without worrying about what version of Windows they are running or whether or not they have moved the shortcut to their control panel and all sorts. With… [Read the Rest]

Peak Performance: 7 Easy ways to keep your PC happy. July 28, 2010

What do you do to ensure that your computer is regularly maintained and tuned-up for peak performance? Find out what you should be doing as part of a regular computer maintenance plan.

Windows God Mode July 20, 2010

God mode will allow you to access all of Window’s settings from one place. All of the settings are normally available from other areas within Windows but the beauty of God mode is that it compiles all of them together.

Can’t find the right drivers? How to identify unknown devices in Windows July 19, 2010

Unknown devices in Device Manager can be really annoying especially if you have lost the driver disc and can’t identify the device at all to download the drivers from the internet.