Computing
System32 folder opens up when Windows starts?
I’m writing about this problem as it took a while for me to find the right solution for my neighbour to fix this, and I want to have the info easy for me to find 🙂 I’ll list all the steps that I took, and if none of them work, I will be surprised.
Windows Live Local Outlook add-in
Add maps, routes, driving directions, and more to Outlook with the new Windows Live Local Outlook plug-in. This is a handy app for anyone who gets tired of switching back and forth between the web and Outlook to email directions; plus, you can totally integrate it with your task planner so your travel time is […]
Portable Apps
With the advent of USB/pen drives, more and more people are using these devices for personal file and media storage – because it’s portable. But there is more than you can use your USB drive for. How many times have you used someone’s computer and found they don’t use the same applications as you do? […]
Shutdown shortcut on your desktop
When I want to shutdown one of my (Windows) PCs, I’m sick of clicking on Start>Turn off computer and then ‘shutdown’. Why didn’t Microsoft include a short icon or something similar to do that. Here’s some nifty instructions for making a shutdown shortcut on your desktop – complete with icon! Click here to read how […]
A bit of computer history
19/1/1983 Apple Computer introduced “Lisa” a computer at a cost of $9,995 US (that’s $19,000 in 2005 dollars). It was one of the first commercial personal computers to have a GUI and a mouse. It used a Motorola 68000 CPU at a 5 MHz clock rate and had 1 MB RAM. The first Lisa had […]