Computing
Move firefox user profile to new computer
I had some issues with my work laptop the other day and all my settings for my applications had been lost. Damn I thought, I’ve lost all my bookmarks and firefox settings. However I had backed up my profile a few days before but wasn’t sure how to move it to my new computer seamlessly. […]
PC/Server uptime?
How long has my PC been running for? Often you want to find out as you need to know if your PC or server has rebooted. There are a quite a few software tools out there on the net that can do that for you, but you don’t need them. I’ll show you a couple […]
DNS-323 Stuck on 94% error
Had to setup a DLINK DNS-323 as a backup unit for a customer a short time ago. This was my first time with the Dlink as I had previously used a Linksys NAS200 but found them to be a bit slow and very little ventilation/air flow for the drives. I had two 1Tb drives which […]
Space Invaders turns 30
I wouldn’t normally write about stuff like this, but I grew up with Space Invaders and I think it changed the video gaming world as we know it today. Well, it actually was the very beginning. Space Invaders? was designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in June 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by […]
See non present devices in Device manager (XP)
When I’m troubleshooting a Windows XP machine, I find myself almost always going into Device Manager to check the status of hardware devices. But what if you want to find out information about devices that aren’t connected eg USB based devices? Try this: 1. Go to Start, right-click My Computer, and select Properties. 2. In […]