The Daily Grind

Recovery Console For XP Without CD: The Easiest Method August 5, 2011

Today I was in a bit of a pickle. I needed to use the Windows XP Recovery Console to use the ‘fixboot’ and ‘fixmbr’ commands on a PC that I was repairing but I didn’t have an XP CD handy that included the recovery console. Microsoft provide a utility to make a set of 6… [Read the Rest]

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

HP’s C4599, straight from hell?

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]

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.