Category Archives: Computers
Turning off User Account Control, or You’re Damned Right I’m an Expert
My biggest gripe about Windows 7 is the impact User Account Control has on the command line. Unless you turn UAC completely off, every time you run something on the command line that Microsoft has deemed requiring your password – … Continue reading
Going back to Windows XP for a bit
I like Windows 7 quite a lot. I’ve been running it for a month now, but I haven’t entered my CD key to activate it yet. There area couple of issues I want to resolve first. Win7 dumped the Quick … Continue reading
Staying Safe Online – Consider the Context
The website Mashable.com reports this morning that there is a fake password reset e-mail for Facebook circulating. The e-mail comes with an attachment that, if executed, will install a virus on your computer. This is obviously something you don’t want … Continue reading
Sometimes Computers Don’t Make Sense – Part 2
This morning Twitter stopped working in our house. None of our computers could access Twitter, either through a Twitter client like TweetDeck or directly at Twitter.com. Every other site was working fine. We just couldn’t get to Twitter. I checked … Continue reading
Sometimes Computers Don’t Make Sense
I use Firefox as my primary web browser. One of the extensions I use is Gmail Manager, which checks my Gmail accounts) and tells me when I have new emails waiting. Here’s what it looks like in use: A few … Continue reading