Archive for September, 2007



What do you install after a Windows reformat?

Thursday 27 September 2007 @ 9:01 am

It’s inevitable - a reinstall of Windows to fix something that wasn’t working, or just to clean up all the crap you’ve installed/uninstalled etc. But what do you install after you have a fresh copy of windows?

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What do you install after a Windows reformat?

Tags: applications, install, reformat, Windows



Extend your Wifi range

Tuesday 25 September 2007 @ 3:28 am

A very cheap way to extend your Wifi range!

My wireless access point sits down one end of the house, and getting a decent signal is very difficult in all areas of the house. I’ve tried a few different antennas with little or no difference - a complete waste of money. My solution was to add another AP so I had coverage over the whole house.

I have read of a few other (cheap) options. Found one on youtube which looks worth trying …..

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Extend your Wifi range

Tags: antenna, range, wifi, WRT54G



Be S.M.A.R.T with your hard drives

Thursday 13 September 2007 @ 10:18 pm

Do you want to know if your hard drive(s) are going to fail? Well, S.M.A.R.T pretty much does just that.

When your computer first boots up, you have probably seen a message next such as ‘S.M.A.R.T enabled and OK‘ next the the hard drive name. What is it, and what does it mean?

Read on…..

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Be S.M.A.R.T with your hard drives

Tags: drive-failure, HDD, SMART, Windows